Bazaar city and South Asian life. A number of bazaar districts have been listed as World Heritage sites due to their historical and/or architectural significance. Visiting a bazaar or souq has also become a popular tourist pastime. The origin of the word "bazaar" comes from Persian "bāzār". from Middle Persian "wāzār", from Old Persian "vāčar", from Proto-Indo-Iranian "*wahā-čarana". The term, bazaar, spread from Persia into Arabia and ultimately throughout the Middle East. In North America, the United Kingdom and some other European countries, the term can be used as a synonym for a "rummage sale", to describe charity fundraising events held
Marketplace (radio program) distribution arm of MPR, and is currently the producer and distributor of "Marketplace". As of 2014, "Marketplace"s programs reached upwards of 12 million listeners with an average income of $101,000. A sister program, the "Marketplace Morning Report", offers seven unique seven-minute, thirty-second morning broadcasts that replace the business news-oriented "E" segment of NPR's "Morning Edition" on many public radio stations. Since September 2014, "Marketplace Morning Report" has been incorporated into "Morning Edition" as a segment in the latter program's second hour. The "Marketplace" brand also took over the money advice program "Sound Money", which was renamed "Marketplace Money" in 2005,