Mar 08 How are Small Businesses Affected by Changing Taxes on the Wealthy? Kim Chauvin and her husband Dave, co-owners of the Mariah Jade Shrimp Company, prepare a small load of shrimp to be delivered to a client at their shrimp processing plant in Chauvin, La. This husband and wife team have… Continue reading
Mar 07 What Do Fewer Workers Mean for the U.S. Economy? Photo by Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Name: Taylor Vincent Question: Surprised by the significant… Continue reading
Mar 07 What Do Fewer Workers Mean for the U.S. Economy? Photo by Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Name: Taylor Vincent Question: Surprised by the significant… Continue reading
Mar 06 Are Credit Default Swaps Casinos in Disguise? Photo of the inside of the Venetian hotel and casino in Las Vegas by Flickr user kris.hoet. Update | 1 p.m. ET This post has been edited from its original posting. Update | 1:50 p.m. ET This post… Continue reading
Mar 06 Are Credit Default Swaps Casinos in Disguise? Photo of the inside of the Venetian hotel and casino in Las Vegas by Flickr user kris.hoet. Update | 1:50 p.m. ET This post has been edited to include the reference to the CDS explainer and Jon Stewart. Continue reading
Mar 05 What Is Bernanke Doing About the Fed's Stockpile of U.S. Debt? Photo of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke by Peter Larson/Medill News Service. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Monday's query: Name: Enrique G. Continue reading
Mar 05 What Is Bernanke Doing About the Fed's Stockpile of U.S. Debt? Photo of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke by Peter Larson/Medill News Service. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Monday's query: Name: Enrique G. Continue reading
Mar 03 BP to Pay $7.8 Billion in Gulf Oil Spill Settlement By Mike Fritz BP says it has reached a $7.8 billion settlement with lawyers representing thousands of plaintiffs who were affected by the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The announcement came late Friday as a much anticipated trial in a New… Continue reading
Mar 02 Can Family-Owned Firms Compete? Hundreds of Marshmallow Peeps move down the conveyor belt to be boxed up at Just Born, Inc., a family-owned and operated confections business. Photo by Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and… Continue reading
Mar 02 Can Family-Owned Firms Compete? By Paul Solman Hundreds of Marshmallow Peeps move down the conveyor belt to be boxed up at Just Born, Inc., a family-owned and operated confections business. Photo by Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and… Continue reading