Oct 05 Google, Apple Among Those Vying for Living Room Media Dominance The idea of merging the Web and television was so powerful in the late 90s that the U.S. government classified it as a weapon, but the promise has since suffered "years of false-starts and not-quite-there implementations." As people… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch Consumer Czar Warren Sees Transparency in Banking as Top Priority Elizabeth Warren, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, talks to Jeffrey Brown about the goals of her new agency and how she plans to empower Americans to make better financial choices. Continue watching
Oct 05 Inside the Supreme Court: Marcia Coyle on NASA Background Checks Case By Elizabeth Summers Courtroom sketch courtesy William Hennessy How much personal information should a job applicant have to give up to a prospective employer? That's the question the Supreme Court wrestled with Tuesday as it heard arguments in the privacy case… Continue reading
Oct 05 With Such High Unemployment, Should the Foreign Worker Program End? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news every day on his Making Sense page. Here's Tuesday's query: Name: John Carter Question: Given current employment, why is there still an H1-B program… Continue reading
Oct 05 With Such High Unemployment, Should the Foreign Worker Program End? Name: John Carter Question: Given current employment, why is there still an H1-B program at this time? I am an engineer whom has been displaced by this program and hence am experiencing hard economic times. If this program is terminated… Continue reading
Oct 05 Times Square Attempted Bomber Given Life Sentence; Japan Slashes Key Rate Updated 12:30 p.m. ET | Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-born man who confessed to trying to blow up a car bomb in Times Square in May, was sentenced Tuesday to a mandatory life term in prison. Shahzad, 31, defended… Continue reading
Oct 04 Feinberg: Distance Not a Determining Factor in Paying Oil Spill Claims Since BP first announced it would establish a $20 billion fund to pay claims from the oil spill disaster along the Gulf Coast, one of the more vexing questions has been about what kind of role proximity to the disaster… Continue reading
Oct 04 What's The Best 'Spending Yourself Out Of Recession' Argument? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news every day on his Making Sense page. Here's Monday's query: Question: You recently answered a question about why stimulus spending is the government's responsibility. I… Continue reading
Oct 04 What's The Best "Spending Yourself Out Of Recession" Argument? Name: Cassandra Good Question: You recently answered a question about why stimulus spending is the government’s responsibility. I know that there’s a lot of fear lately that such spending will drive up the deficit. I’m curious, then, about how you… Continue reading
Oct 01 Feinberg: Gulf Oil Spill Claims Paid More Quickly, but Tough Calls Ahead By Murrey Jacobson Payments for claims tied to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are set to crack the $1 billion mark next week, but there are still at least 20,000 claims that have yet to be resolved and… Continue reading