Sep 08 Watch Megacities Reflect Growing Urbanization, But Poverty Still Rampant The World Bank says Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is the fastest growing city in the world with a population of 15 million. But as more of the world's impoverished flee to megacities for economic opportunities, the perils of urbanization… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch BP Admits Errors in Gulf Oil Disaster But Spreads Blame BP issued a new internal report blaming the largest offshore oil spill in history on a series of human and mechanical failures. Judy Woodruff talks to Steven Mufson of the Washington Post about the report. Continue watching
Sep 07 What Will be the Warning Signs that Countries Will Begin to Call in U.S. Debt? Question: What will be the warning signs that countries will begin to call in the U.S. debt? What should investors do to prepare for this eventually? Thank you. Paul Solman: David Stockman says the first warning sign will be… Continue reading
Sep 07 Political Checklist: Polls Hold More Bad Midterm News for Democrats By Quinn Bowman In this week's edition of the Political Checklist, Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill spoke with political editor David Chalian about new polls that bring more bad news for Democrats ahead of the midterm elections, as well… Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch Mott's Strike Illustrates Labor Union Dilemma Amid an ailing economy, labor unions find themselves struggling to compromise with employers on wages and benefits. Paul Solman reports. Continue watching
Sep 06 Obama Details Infrastructure Plan, Slams GOP as 'Party of No' By News Desk President Obama announced his latest effort to kick-start the economy and create jobs on Monday: a $50 billion infrastructure proposal that would improve the nation's roads, railways and airport runways. The president announced the plan at a town-hall… Continue reading
Sep 06 Will Government Spending Lead to Inflation? Question: Roubini and Taleb may have gotten the crash right, but they apparently believe in letting the middle class do the penitence the banks refuse. I hope you intend to rectify this exaggerated debt fear with something from Paul Krugman,… Continue reading
Sep 06 10 Labor Day-Inspired Readings Happy Labor Day! Here's a roundup of some labor-inspired reading (and a slide show, too) on what -- we hope -- is your day off from work. Or if you're one of the 14.9 million unemployed Americans looking for… Continue reading
Sep 06 Africa Hopes to Close Broadband Gap Men surf the Internet at a cyber cafe in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. File photo by Sia Kambou/AFP/Getty Images. According to recent studies by the International Telecommunications Union, only 10.9 percent of Africa's population uses the Internet. By contrast,… Continue reading
Sep 06 Trumka: 'Stay Tuned' for Fall Congressional Action on Card Check By Quinn Bowman In the lead up to Labor Day, labor unions, a critical component of the Democratic Party's base, began to reveal their political plans for the fall campaign season. The AFL-CIO, for instance, promised again this Labor Day to activate its… Continue reading