Apr 25 Watch After the Fall: How Has Wall Street's Behavior Changed? When Dodd-Frank regulations went into effect in the wake of the financial crisis, the intention was to create new oversight and reduce systemic risk. Part of our After the Fall series on what's happened since the meltdown, Jeffrey Brown and… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch Wal-Mart Bribery Allegations: What Legal Problems, Penalties Could it Face? Wal-Mart Bribery Allegations: What Legal Problems, Penalties Could it Face?… Continue watching
Apr 25 Do We Need Government Intervention to Create More Jobs? Civilian Conservation Corps workers in 1933 construct a road. Public domain photograph from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum via Wikimedia Commons. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his… Continue reading
Apr 25 Do We Need Government Intervention to Create More Jobs? Civilian Conservation Corps workers in 1933 construct a road. Public domain photograph from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum via Wikimedia Commons. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his… Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch After the Fall: Have Government Programs Helped Ailing Housing Market? After the Fall: Have Government Programs Helped Ailing Housing Market?… Continue watching
Apr 24 Latest U.S. Home Prices Show Your Largest Asset May Be Withering Away Homes in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The nation's capital saw the highest price index level of all 20 areas the S&P/Case-Shiller report covers. Creative Commons photo courtesy of flickr user NCinDC. By Paul Solman and Elizabeth… Continue reading
Apr 24 Latest U.S. Home Prices Show Your Largest Asset May Be Withering Away Homes in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The nation's capital saw the highest price index level of all 20 areas the S&P/Case-Shiller report covers. Creative Commons photo courtesy of flickr user NCinDC. If you're one of millions… Continue reading
Apr 24 Voters Focus on Economy, but Candidates Are Silent on Solutions By Dante Chinni GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks in in Wilmington, Del., on April 11. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The 2012 election is going to be about the economy. We've heard that for the last year as analysts have diagnosed this… Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch Social Security Slated to Run Dry in 2033, Trustees Warn Social Security will exhaust its trust fund in 2033 -- three years earlier than previous projections, the program's trustees announced Monday. Ray Suarez, Nancy Altman of Social Security Works and the Heritage Foundation's David John discuss its long-term health amid… Continue watching
Apr 23 Sunshine, Composting Toilets and Rainwater: Recipe for a 'Top 10' Green Building The campus of University of California, Merced, was one of the top 10 green buildings in 2012, according to the American Institute of Architects. Photo by Tim Griffith. A classroom in the back woods of the University of Minnesota… Continue reading