Aug 13 Allen: Well Not Yet Killed, BP Will Move Forward With Relief Well Updated 3:34 p.m. National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen said Friday that the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is not yet dead, and that BP will proceed with a relief well to permanently kill it. Continue reading
Aug 13 Preview: Rosanne Cash’s Memoir, ‘Composed’ By Molly Finnegan A preview of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with musician Roseanne Cash about the release of her new memoir, "Composed."… Continue reading
Aug 12 In Next Chapter of Brazilian Music, Seu Jorge Has a New Story to Tell Seu Jorge, one of Brazil's most prominent musical ambassadors, is trying to challenge the stereotypes people have about his country by telling a new story through music. Continue reading
Aug 12 More from 99ers: Unemployment Leads to Foreclosure By Paul Solman Updated 4:19 p.m. Given today's news that foreclosures jumped 9 percent in July, we've posted the last of our 99er interview outtakes, in which Faith Phillips tells a striking story: She'll be paying off condo fees on her foreclosed… Continue reading
Aug 12 Thursday: Foreclosures, Jobless Claims Increase; GM Earns $1.3 Billion Profit The number of U.S. homes lost to foreclosure rose in July, foreclosure listing firm RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday. Lenders repossessed 92,858 properties last month, up 9 percent from June and an increase of 6 percent from July 2009. California… Continue reading
Aug 11 Making Sense: More From the ’99ers’ By Paul Solman There's been quite a bit of reaction to our story last Friday on the extension (or non-extension) of unemployment insurance benefits past 99 weeks. You can read some of it here in the comments section on the Making… Continue reading
Aug 11 Pew Report: U.S. Broadband Adoption Slows, but Blacks Gain Ground The Pew Internet & American Life Project released its Home Broadband 2010 Report Wednesday, revealing a dramatic slowing of broadband adoption by Americans this year, but showing notable growth in use by blacks. Among the findings were statistics… Continue reading