Arts Sep 24 Art Collection Could Prove Shrewd Investment for Lehman Brothers Two years to the month after the titan of Wall Street declared bankruptcy, Lehman Brothers' extensive and diverse art collection is headed to the titans of the auction block: Sotheby's of New York and Christie's of London. The art was…
Economy Sep 17 Sizing Up Wall Street Critic Elizabeth Warren as Your Consumer Advocate Today, Elizabeth Warren was put into de facto control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau she helped conceive. Opposition from America's banks was the widely reported reason she wasn't formally nominated to run it. One might wonder that the U.S.
Economy Sep 14 Update | Mott’s Strike Settled: Workers Returning to Apple Sauce Factory There was considerable viewer interest in last week's story on increased U.S. productivity being caused by a reservoir of unemployed workers, allowing firms to pressure workers to toil longer and harder for the same or lower wages. Our…
Arts Sep 03 Paul Solman Explains: How Is a Jobless Recovery Possible? On a day when new jobs numbers indicate that U.S. unemployment is continuing to edge up, Paul Solman answers a viewer question on the Business Desk about how it's possible to have a jobless recovery. Name: Mohammad Khan…
Economy Aug 31 Negotiation Expert Robert Mnookin Answers Your Questions Last week, Paul Solman spoke with Harvard Law School professor Robert Mnookin, an expert on negotiation, about his new book "Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight." Mnookin offered to take some viewer questions. Here…
Economy Aug 27 The Fed Speech: Paul Solman Channels Ben Bernanke Years ago, Saturday Night Live's Kevin Nealon debuted a character named "Mr. Subliminal" whom he still reprises. The gimmick: Nealon talks and then occasionally, under his breath, says what he's really thinking. In October, President Obama economic adviser Austan…
Economy Aug 26 Ask Negotiation Expert Robert Mnookin Your Questions On Thursday's NewsHour, Paul Solman talks to Harvard Law School professor Robert Mnookin, an expert on negotiation, about his new book "Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight." "My approach is always to see if I…
Economy Aug 25 ‘Rational Optimist’ Matt Ridley Answers Your Questions on Economy, Science Editor's Note: Last week, Paul Solman talked to "rational optimist" Matt Ridley about why he believes that life on earth for humans is getting better and better. _pap_embed_custom('news01n4276qf42',482,304,""); Ridley agreed to answer some of your questions -- his…
Economy Aug 18 A Second Look at Strategic Mortgage Defaulters In anticipation of Tuesday's rerun of our report on strategic mortgage defaults, producer Lee Koromvokis checked back in with the characters we interviewed back in April for the story. _pap_embed_custom('news01n3e69qe80',482,304,""); Fort Myers restaurant manager Josh Bartlett is still…
Economy Aug 12 More from 99ers: Unemployment Leads to Foreclosure 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…