Aug 23 Is 'Rent Now, Buy Later' a Good Idea? And Other Answers to Your Questions Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here are Tuesday's queries. Name: Dale Myers Question: Given the free-fall in home prices, what do your… Continue reading
Aug 23 Making Sense: Is 'Rent Now, Buy Later' a Good Idea? And Other Answers to Your Questions Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here are Tuesday's queries. Name: Dale Myers Question: Given the free-fall in home prices, what do your… Continue reading
Aug 22 Military Bastions Join Defense Officials, Lobbyists in Fighting Possible Cuts Reniah Krause, 2, clings to her father Sgt. Joseph Krause in June at Fort Carson, Colo., after he and fellow soldiers arrived back from Afghanistan; John Moore/Getty Images The debt-busting congressional super committee has yet to hold its… Continue reading
Aug 22 Responses to 'Bard Behind Bars' EmbedVideo(1112, 482, 304); Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic on his Making Sen$e page. Here are Monday's queries. Our recent stories on Bard Behind Bars, the… Continue reading
Aug 22 Responses to 'Bard Behind Bars' EmbedVideo(1112, 482, 304); Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here are Monday's queries. Our recent stories on Bard Behind… Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch How Will Market Volatility Affect U.S.-Chinese Economic Relations? Vice President Biden tried to shore up Chinese confidence in the U.S. economy on Friday, telling President Hu Jintao that when it comes to China's investments in the U.S., "You have nothing to worry about." Jeffrey Brown discusses U.S. and… Continue watching
Aug 19 Is Economic Inequality a Big Deal? By Paul Solman // With our inequality coverage (watch Land of the Free, Home of the Poor and Americans Facing More Inequality, More Debt and Now More Trouble?) topping the "Most Watched" chart here at the Online NewsHour, we thought we'd… Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch Is Economic Inequality a Big Deal? A debate on whether economic inequality is or isn't a big deal, a clear and present danger… Continue watching
Aug 19 Is Economic Inequality a Big Deal? EmbedVideo(1290, 482, 304); With our inequality coverage (watch Land of the Free, Home of the Poor and Americans Facing More Inequality, More Debt and Now More Trouble?) topping the "Most Watched" chart here at… Continue reading
Aug 19 How Many Americans Have Money on the Line Amid All the Market Volatility? Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday in New York; photo by Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images In an unstable time, the Dow Jones industrial average has become something of an economic zeitgeist checker. Continue reading