Oct 12 Could 'Georgia Works' Work on a National Level? By Elizabeth Shell Georgia Works is a program touted for helping unemployed residents get back to work by pairing job seekers with employers who are willing to promise on-the-job training. The program has support from both Republicans and Democrats.So what is Georgia Works,… Continue reading
Oct 11 Should I Refinance My Mortgage to a Fixed Rate? Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Tuesday's query: Name: Gene H. Question: Do you have a current opinion about the direction of the… Continue reading
Oct 11 Are Occupy Wall Street, Tea Party Signs of Building Populist Movements? Occupy Wall Street demonstrator. File photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images What began in Manhattan more than three weeks ago with the rallying cry to "occupy Wall Street" has grown to become something more. The loosely organized liberal protest group… Continue reading
Oct 11 Making Sense: Should I Refinance My Mortgage to a Fixed Rate? Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Tuesday's query: Name: Gene H. Question: Do you have a current opinion about the direction of the six-month… Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch Environment, Economy at Heart of Keystone XL Pipeline Debate A Canadian company wants to build a $13 billion, 1,700-mile pipeline to carry crude oil from the so-called tar sands region in Alberta through six states and a major aquifer to Texas for refining. Correspondent Tom Bearden reports from Nebraska… Continue watching
Oct 10 Keystone Oil Pipeline Project Divides Nebraska Residents The NewsHour's Tom Bearden and photographer Brian Gill traveled to Nebraska's Sand Hills for a recent story. Photo by Tom Bearden. If your car ever dies in the middle of nowhere, you better hope you're in Nebraska. While working… Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch News Wrap: Americans Win Nobel for Economic Growth, Inflation Research In other news Monday, two Americans won the 2011 Nobel Prize in economics. Christopher Sims and Thomas Sargent were honored for their work in the 1970s and '80s on how government policies can affect economic growth and inflation. Also, Syrian… Continue watching
Oct 10 In Wake of Qwikster's Hasty Death, Netflix Faces Questions of Its Own Can you declare a company dead if it never actually began doing business? It's a slightly existential question one might pose to those who would have run Qwikster, the DVD-by-mail business that Netflix said it was launching just… Continue reading
Oct 10 Leather Muppet to Stephen Colbert: You Are What You Eat Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query. Update: the 'Colbert Report Retort' was named a 2012 Webby Award Nominee for online… Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch Leather Muppet to Stephen Colbert: You Are What You Eat Paul Solman had a 'transformative' experience after Stephen Colbert poked fun at him. Continue watching