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
Dec 08 Patchwork Nation: Media Landscape Shifts Online in a Wired Town If there is a community well positioned for the demise of a true local daily, it may be the heavily wired, tech-savvy college town of Ann Arbor, Mich. Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch In Ann Arbor, Michigan Finds Its 'Life Preserver' Michigan is home to few bright economic spots these days -- with the exception of the college town of Ann Arbor. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Dec 07 Paul Solman Wins Business Emmy for Unemployment Reporting By Carolyn O'Hara At the 7th Annual Business & Financial Emmy Awards luncheon today, Paul Solman and team won an Emmy for outstanding coverage of a current business news story for "Faces Behind the Numbers," a duo of pieces on U.S. unemployment. Continue reading
Dec 07 Are Credit Unions Insured by the Government? Question: From the standpoint of government-backed insurance, are deposits in credit unions equally secure as those in FDIC-insured banks? Paul Solman: Yes. See my recent answer to this question in a Pocket Change… Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch Philadelphia Adjusts as Manufacturing Fades In part one of the Patchwork Nation series examining communities across the U.S., Ray Suarez looks at Philadelphia's shift from a city of skilled blue-collar workers to one where just 1 in 20 workers makes things for a living. Continue watching
Dec 07 Philadelphia's 'Love Letter' Murals Spark Neighborhood Revival By Anna Shoup Originally started to combat a major graffiti problem, Philadelphia's Mural Arts program has become a successful tool for urban renewal. Continue reading
Dec 04 Paul Solman: The Story Behind the Jobs Numbers Good jobs data dominate the headlines this morning: Unemployment holding pretty much steady at long last; dramatic downward revision in last month's number of lost jobs; average hours up. The NYT on its Web site: U.S. Economy Lost Only… Continue reading
Dec 04 Friday's Headlines: Unemployment Rate Falls to 10%; Clinton in Brussels -- President Barack Obama greets Allentown, Pa., Mayor Ed Pawlowski after the administration's Jobs and Economic Growth Forum in Washington yesterday. Mr. Obama will visit Allentown today. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.) Updated 11:10 a.m. Continue reading