Jul 02 How Does Executive Pay in the U.S. Compare to the Rest of the World? Question: Executive pay around the world—who’s included in your numbers? How does USA executve pay vs. average employee/laborer/worker pay compare relative to the average relationship worldwide? Paul Solman: Well, here’s the US picture over… Continue reading
Jul 02 Gulf Shore a Tough Sell for Tourists Each night conga lines of beach cleaning machines are towed slowly over the sand from Orange Beach to Gulf Shores, Ala. Rotating steel screens separate out the tar balls and larger clumps of congealed crude oil that wash ashore during… Continue reading
Jul 02 Obama: Economy is 'Headed in the Right Direction' President Obama was guardedly optimistic in the face of disappointing jobs numbers Friday, saying in remarks that the U.S. economy was "headed in the right direction." But, he added, "We are not headed there fast enough for a lot… Continue reading
Jul 02 Friday: Unemployment at 9.5%, Payrolls Drop; U.S. Aid Workers Killed The unemployment rate fell to 9.5 percent from 9.7 percent, its lowest level in almost a year, the Labor Department said Friday. Payrolls declined by 125,000 in June, and private sector businesses added a net total of 83,000 workers,… Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch As Recovery Uncertainty Remains, Extending Jobless Benefits Debated As Democrats and Republicans in the Senate remain gridlocked on extending federal unemployment benefits, Jeffrey Brown gets two points of view from William Beach of the Heritage Foundation and Christine Owens of the National Employment Law Project. Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch Jobs Report Shows Recovery May be Losing Steam June's jobs report showed a mixed picture of the economic recovery with unemployment falling to its lowest level in nearly a year, but with weak hiring in the private sector. Continue watching
Jul 01 Dudley: BP, Government Researching Options in Case Relief Wells Don't Work By News Desk Updated 5:44 p.m. | In an exclusive live online interview with the NewsHour's Ray Suarez, BP's chief of Gulf Coast restoration Bob Dudley said the company and the U.S. government are exploring "at least two options to divert the flow"… Continue reading
Jul 01 A Chat With the Prime Minister of Greece Paul Solman: Just had an extended chat with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou here in Athens, where we’ve come (from Spain) on a trip to look at the European economic crisis in the last two letters of the so-called… Continue reading
Jul 01 Thursday: Kagan Hearings Come to a Close; BP Exec to Answer Your Questions Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan speaks with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., before leaving Wednesday's confirmation hearing. (Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images) Elena Kagan is on her way to confirmation as Supreme Court justice, with the questioning… Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch As Greek Protests Continue, Prime Minister Says Economic Shift Is 'Daunting' As part of his ongoing series of reports making sense of financial news, Paul Solman talks with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou about the country's debt crisis and its impacts on the global economic recovery. Continue watching