Jun 14 Watch Rare Earth Minerals' Scarcity Worrisome for Growing Tech Sector Green Tech Demands Scarce 'Rare Earth' Minerals… Continue watching
Jun 14 Will the United States Experience a 'Jobless Recovery'? Question: Paul, I have read some of your letters on a “jobless” recovery. To the point, do you think our nation will experience a jobless recovery? Right now I can’t even buy one! Paul Solman: Can’t buy a recovery… Continue reading
Jun 14 NOAA Launches 'One Stop Shop' for Oil Spill Data By Chris Amico The federal government Monday released what it called "a one-stop shop for detailed near-real-time information about the response to the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill" in an effort to get updates out the range of groups affected by the… Continue reading
Jun 14 Monday: Thousands Flee Kyrgyzstan; Mineral Wealth Found in Afghanistan Ethnik Uzbeks cross the border into Uzbekistan as they flee from the southern part of Kyrgyzstan. Photo by AFP/Getty Images. At least 124 people have been killed and some 100,000 minority Uzbeks are massing at the border after three… Continue reading
Jun 14 Obama: 'Things Are Going to Return to Normal' for Gulf Region Workers clean oil off the beach in Grand Isle, La. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Updated 4:51 p.m. ET | President Barack Obama struck an optimistic tone over the ongoing oil disaster Monday afternoon, saying that "things are going to… Continue reading
Jun 11 Shields and Brooks: Is California's Election Reform a Good Idea? By Hari Sreenivasan New York Times columnist David Brooks and, eventually, syndicated columnist Mark Shields, joined us on the Rundown Friday to discuss the effects of President Obama's stimulus plan, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Proposition 14 election reform and the NBA Finals. Continue reading
Jun 11 BP Aims to Double Capture of Leaking Oil by Mid-July A day after a the federal government doubled its estimate of the amount of oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen outlined BP's plan to raise its capacity to capture and process more… Continue reading
Jun 11 Is it Time for a Resurgence of the Austrian School of Economics? Question: Hello Paul! Do you ever plan to present the ideas of economists that adhere to the Austrian School of Economics (Students of Von Hayek or Von Mises)? Their understanding of the nature and causes of the business cyle… Continue reading
Jun 11 Friday: Obama Administration Requests White House Meeting With BP Execs Updated at 2 p.m. ET In a press conference Friday, U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said that BP will seek to nearly double its oil-collecting ability by mid-July. On questions around the newly revised estimates on the amount of… Continue reading
Jun 10 BP Says It Will Speed Up Payments for Gulf Businesses, Workers BP will speed up its claims payments to the shrimpers, fisherman, business owners and others affected by the Gulf coast oil spill, government officials said Thursday. The company will change its practice of waiting to… Continue reading