Dec 23 Watch News Wrap: Greece OKs Budget, Adds More Austerity Measures In other news Thursday, the governing socialists in Greece passed a new budget that reduces health and defense spending while raising consumer taxes. The steep taxes and deep cuts have sparked widespread protests in Athens and elsewhere. Continue watching
Dec 23 The Holiday Economic Divide: Wal-Mart or Saks? Wal-Mart shoppers in Syracuse, N.Y.; Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr.com/number13001/ As the Christmas gift season winds down there are distinct holiday retail stories emerging - one for the wealthiest communities and one for places that are struggling. Luxury… Continue reading
Dec 23 Editor’s Note: Technical Difficulties EDITOR'S UPDATE | DEC. 30, 2010 As of Dec. 29, Making Sen$e and the Business Desk are fully functional. Many of you have undoubtedly noticed our absence on these pages in this last week. No, we haven't been away on… Continue reading
Dec 23 Parcel Bombs Reported in Rome; Consumer Spending Up News reports say a package has exploded at Chile's embassy in Rome following a parcel bombing at Switzerland's embassy earlier in the day. Police and embassy officials say the blast at the Swiss Embassy seriously injured a… Continue reading
Dec 22 Cuba Offers Poor Medical Students a Free Ride By Cat Wise On Wednesday's NewsHour, Ray Suarez wraps up his series on Cuba with a look at its medical diplomacy efforts around the world. HAVANA, Cuba | In an old naval academy on Havana's western shore, thousands of low-income students… Continue reading
Dec 21 Patchwork Nation’s 5 Political, Economic Stories to Watch for in 2011 DREAM Act supporters file out of the Senate Gallery after watching its defeat on Dec. 18; Photo by Bill Clark/Roll Call This year brought big changes in to the United States. The midterm elections shuffled the balance of power… Continue reading
Dec 20 Cubans Look to Break Down Misconceptions By Cat Wise During The PBS NewsHour's recent trip to Cuba, we asked people what they thought was the biggest misconception Americans have about Cuba. Here are some of the people we met and their responses: Antonio Perez is a 37-year-old security… Continue reading
Dec 20 In Cuba, Questions About Economic Change Persist By Ray Suarez Ray Suarez's three-part Cuba series begins Monday night on the NewsHour. When I returned from Cuba recently, I was struck by the intense level of curiosity about the place, and the air of mystery the United States trade embargo and… Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch Cubans Grapple With Challenges, Promises of Economic Change Ray Suarez and the NewsHour Global Health Unit kick off a three-part series from Cuba with a report from Havana on how the country's economy is adapting to the gradual economic reforms of President Raul Castro -- while maintaining a… Continue watching
Dec 17 Madoff Settlement Will Bring Over $7 Billion Back to Victims By Murrey Jacobson DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s465fqff1', 'Lcu3bs1RibI', '29'); In what has turned out to be the largest civil forfeiture case in United States history, the widow of a wealthy investor and philanthropist, who was also a friend of Bernard Madoff, is returning $7.2… Continue reading