Feb 09 Egypt's Banks, Restaurants, Pyramids Open... But When Will Tourists Return? By Larisa Epatko Business owners near Cairo's Tahrir Square, where anti-government demonstrators have congregated for two weeks, and in the legendary bazaar and tourist haunt Khan el-Khalili are ready for life to return to normal, but continuing protests are dashing those hopes. Continue reading
Feb 09 Spending Battle Faces Major Hurdles in House Congress has until March 4th to come to an agreement on how to continue to fund the government, and that job could be difficult, especially for House Republican leaders who have lost two of the past three bill votes on… Continue reading
Feb 09 Holy E-mail, Batwoman! Is Economics Stuck in the Mud? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: Name: Jean Maier Question: Hello Mr. Solman, I enjoy your economic reports… Continue reading
Feb 09 Holy Email, Batwoman! Is Economics Stuck in the Mud? By Elizabeth Shell Name: Jean Maier Question: Hello Mr. Solman, I enjoy your economic reports on the NewsHour often. I imagine that you will be attending the AEA meeting this January. I'll have to say that I question a lot of what I… Continue reading
Feb 08 Tool$ Tuesday: Currency Conversion and Haydn's Messiah By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Tuesday's query: Name: Roland Weiser Question: I would appreciate the name of the site… Continue reading
Feb 08 Tool$ Tuesday: Currency Conversion and Haydn's Messiah By Elizabeth Shell Name: Roland Weiser Question: I would appreciate the name of the site where you can obtain today's value for currency in the past. I'm writing a family memoir: my father worked in Cairo, Egypt as a pharmacist in 1906 and… Continue reading
Feb 08 Federal Spending, Visualized By Tim Peters In his State of the Union address, President Obama said that, "Because you deserve to know exactly how and where your tax dollars are being spent, you will be able to go to a website and get that information… Continue reading
Feb 08 Government Says Toyota Electronic System Not Faulty, Chechen Leader Takes Credit for Airport Bombing Updated 2 p.m. ET The government's report says there were no electronic problems that would have caused sudden acceleration in Toyotas, and that any mechanical defects were resolved by recalls. Toyota recalled more than 12 million vehicles after the… Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch Obama Urges Businesses to Ramp Up Private-Sector Hiring, Spending Obama Urges Businesses to Ramp Up Private-Sector Hiring, Spending… Continue watching
Feb 07 'A Big Pile of Cash' and Content: What's at Stake in Huffington Post Purchase AOL Inc. announced Sunday night its plan to buy The Huffington Post for $315 million. On Monday's NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown will discuss the details of the deal with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, and Arianna Huffington, co-founder and… Continue reading