" This is Money Markets & More for Wednesday middle of the week -- the final day of September 29 that makes it the thirtieth. From the newsroom of the MarketWatch radio network I'm Steve Potisk coming up. Are being making a comeback."

" Bit the -- blue dissing throws its children's books online and it things we will pay to read. I'm Tracy -- and I'll have the daily tech update."

" And I'm John word -- and a moment we're gonna talk about what restaurants are doing to try to get used to sit at their booths and on their stools and eat their food and it's right there working on their alcoholic beverages and there and working on the prices in particular for those beverages. Consumer race and -- and I will. -- one in a moment."

" First what are Wall Street's biggest names saying about stocks and the economy. Listen to Morning Stock Talk weekday mornings only here. Marketwatch.com. On the -- book we get a look at gross domestic product it is a revision for the second quarter with a drop of just over 1% expected. While that would be down a little bit from the first estimated does remain a lot better. And the first quarter's drop of six point 4%. Also get a reading on private sector jobs for September from payroll processor ADP as well as a check on business conditions in the midwest. On this date in history 1882 of the world's first commercial hydroelectric. Power plant later known as Appleton and -- in light company. Began operation on the fox river and Appleton Wisconsin. 1888 Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims Elizabeth's drive and Catherine Adams. The no -- Herbert Cecil Booth patents that vacuum cleaner. But nothing to do with the vacuum cleaner 1935. Hoover Dam on the border between Arizona and Nevada was dedicated. 1947. The World Series featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers was televised for the first time."

" And have a field at the cabin no love Brooklyn new -- day of the fans love for the fourth game of the way okay dodger fan. And I had fingernail would you invent. You -- on the play you know like the game the line that it looked like please."

" 1955. James Dean died an accident and eight point four. 1962. Mexican American labor leader Cesar Chavez -- the united farmworkers. And James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi defining segregation. 1968. The Boeing 747 rolled out and show into the public for the first time. And 1980 ethernet specifications published by Xerox working along with Intel and digital equipment corporation. It's money markets and -- from marketwatch.com."

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" Looks like more of us are hitting the road again with -- gas prices relatively low the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association says the shipments of -- for manufacturers dealers jumped 16%. In August from July. Bringing that total to an annual rate of nearly 210000. USA today says while that is still down by half from the intense rate of orders -- three years ago. It is up 136%. From January."

" They couldn't prove to be a pretty scary Halloween totally -- This year's National Retail Federation says it was are expected to spend 15% less well Halloween this year than last. A lot of porch lights maybe aren't those cutbacks coming from buying candy. But there's nothing scary about this says Disney goes digital Tracy jockey has the daily tech update."

" Steve when -- ever kids -- reading along with the Disney storybook meant during Mary Poppins record on the turntable. Fast -- in the -- and years and now Disney hopes the kids want curl up in front of a computer for story time. And it tells parents will pay for the privilege Disney is putting its story books online where voice actors greets the youngest kids and young readers. Can click on a word for help. He is charging about eighty bucks a year for accents. And if Disney can get the parents to pan up this is significant -- not used to paying for online content. And of course media companies would like to change that."

" The -- again how many years to read fast forward Tracy really -- that's right. Just thinking about how many years have gone by and I could use a drink. But maybe not that my favorite restaurant telling us why well it's belly up to the bar with John Ward on command Kate's."

" It's a subject near and dear to many hearts drinking. Something. You missed them. Just drink. Martinis shaken -- stuff today we're gonna look into that subject. And turned to an expert someone who can talk about how restaurants are watering down their drink prices consumer racing in case here to talk more about it."

" Restaurants of course have really seen a sharp drop off a business the past couple of years because of the recession. They're trying to look for different ways to stay afloat to increase their profit margins things like that so now. What restaurants are doing and that this is everyone from that the fast casual places to the more high end restaurants. They are changing the way they approach their alcoholic beverages because as you note sales of but alcoholic beverages that accounts for a big chunk of what a restaurant makes -- a day. So they would they want to be able to hang on to that but also without. Losing customers -- developing other problems that way. So some restaurants have simply switch tactics are despite cheaper booths for the Margarita martini and every drinking. Others disagree with that they say no we're just gonna cut the price so what was. Eight dollar martini may be that knocked the price down just to six dollars not so those are some of those steps are taking."

" I wonder what degree to what degree attracting business clientele in -- Taking clients. To the restaurant is is playing and in this."

" It that it may well do that and that The Wall Street Journal article mentioned that these restaurants are doing their Rivera having longer happy hours and they're offering these discounted drinks a -- ideas. Get them in there. And ties them with these less expensive drinks and heck while they're there may be though. Order some appetizers or maybe even go down and then and have some dinners and other it's really just -- a -- to draw the man."

" The other night when I was out with my wife we actually. Went to a place a nice restaurant in town. Had a two drink minimum and the food prices yes that's it just ordered two drinks to alcoholic drinks. And then the food prices were like two dollar. Burgers other things that were on the normal menu. For as little as two to three dollars at a really nice restaurant and I was blown away by that it it almost reek of desperation."

" Imagine a mcdonalds served alcohol they do OK yes it's if you look at value menu it's over to the lack of value got you got tonight that that's that's interesting I'll I'll I'll I'll I'll out of here -- McCormick contracts -- look at let's that's a national chains and some other cities. But there's an analyst so they say that restaurants had to be careful when they're doing this because as a management -- out when it you away your profit margins but also. If you've been serving a five dollar drink for months and months and months and also and the recessions over and everything is looking great again. Consumers aren't necessarily be willing to or very happy if you hike the price back up -- people these days are getting used to the discounted prices -- set prices votes aren't racist right so maybe that the logic as well that were bringing them and with that with a low drink prices and hopefully they'll just. At a dessert or whatever to -- to there. To their ticket or maybe --"

" drank so much they won't remember what the priceless well that's a thought to. Our channel record out they were all remember -- and other branches are gone -- in consumer race and case thanks and thank."

" Yeah that's it for Money Markets & More what do you think about this as always you can respond you can write to us at MarketWatch radio newsroom at Yahoo.com. It also follows on Twitter MW radio and on FaceBook it's MarketWatch radio network I'm Steve Potisk I'll see you next time. A martini shaken not stuff."