Dec 10 Patchwork Nation: In One Boom Town, ‘Simple Supper’ Offers Community Relief By Online DA As the recession has dragged on in Eagle, Colo., a church dinner has provided relief to dozens of local residents hard hit by the economy's slide. Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch Older Workers Face New Challenges in Tough Job Market In his continuing series of reports on Making Sense of the economy, Paul Solman looks at the challenges older workers face trying to secure a job, let alone retirement, amid the downturn. Continue watching
Dec 09 UK Imposes One-Time, 50% Tax on Banker Bonuses British bankers' bonuses will be a lot lighter this holiday season, thanks to a one-time, 50 percent tax imposed on bank bonuses, announced Wednesday by Britain's chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling. Bonuses greater than 25,000 British pounds (about… Continue reading
Dec 09 Is There Momentum for a Second Stimulus? Paul Solman: I’ve been tweeting for the past few months and some “followers” have taken to asking questions directly on Twitter. I’ll be posting a couple of recent ones this week, with my stenographic (haiku-like?) replies, expanded for the… Continue reading
Dec 09 Patchwork Nation: Sioux Center Rallies Around High School Football On Fridays in Sioux Center, Iowa, the high school football game is the place to be, and the competition is about more than just moving the ball down the field. Continue reading
Dec 09 Patchwork Nation: A Different View on Banking in ‘Tractor Country’ By Anna Shoup Farmers in Sioux Center managed to avert much of the financial crisis by keeping a close eye on their balance sheets. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch Iowa Farmers Squeezed by Belt Tightening In part three of his Patchwork Nation series, Ray Suarez travels to Sioux Center, Iowa, to look at how the recession has hit agricultural centers known as "tractor country."… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch Obama Offers Job Plan, But Deficit Pressures Rise President Obama outlined a series of initiatives Tuesday aimed at spurring job growth through aid for small businesses, despite mounting pressures to reduce a record federal budget deficit. Judy Woodruff speaks with Nobel laureate Paul Krugman and former presidential economic… Continue watching
Dec 08 Small Business, Infrastructure, and Energy Key to Obama’s Job Plan President Obama outlined his plan to encourage U.S. job creation in a speech at the Brookings Institution Tuesday, emphasizing three priorities: tax cuts for small businesses; investment in U.S. infrastructure; and incentives for energy efficiency initiatives. While avoiding specific cost… Continue reading
Dec 08 Patchwork Nation: Small Business Maintains Local Roots in Ann Arbor By Anna Shoup Zingerman's Community of Businesses have become a local institution in Ann Arbor, Mich. And even with the success, the owners want to keep it local. Continue reading