May 23 Revitalizing coal is the solution to our energy crisis Question/Comment: Your item on green jobs was very informative. While I knew that many towns in the coal and manufacturing belt in western Pennsylvania are shadows on their former selves, I did not know how much Pittsburgh has… Continue reading
May 21 Fuel Prices Reach Records Amid Supply Concerns By PBS News Hour Oil and gas prices once again surged into record territory Wednesday after a U.S. government report showed a surprise drop in crude stockpiles and stoked fears of a worsening supply crunch. Continue reading
May 16 Oil Tops $127 but Saudi Arabia Declines to Increase Production By Admin, PBS News Hour As oil soared to a record-high $127 a barrel on Friday, Saudi Arabia's leader rebuffed appeals by President Bush to increase oil production, saying they did not see enough demand to warrant increased output. Continue reading
May 16 Cities Are Looking to Share and Share a Bike By PBS News Hour European style bike-sharing programs are soon coming to U.S. cities. Continue reading
May 14 Inflation Pressures Ease with Small Rise in CPI By Admin, PBS News Hour The overall Consumer Price Index rose 0.2 percent in April, the Labor Department announced Wednesday, a smaller-than-expected rise despite the highest jump in food prices in 18 years. Continue reading
May 13 Watch Financial World Shifts Gears Amid Economic Tumult As the U.S. grapples with an economic slowdown and a housing slump, financial leaders are rethinking their strategies. Financier and author George Soros reflects on the changing business trends and details his new book, which examines the "credit crash" of… Continue watching
May 12 Watch Green Industry Hub Rises From Rust Belt Ruins Paul Solman reports on innovators who are making the Pittsburgh region an eco-showcase of the benefits of going green and bringing new hope to the economically depressed Rust Belt region. Continue watching
May 09 What triggered Frontier Airline's bankruptcy filing? Question/Comment: I would like to have a better understanding of what triggered Frontier Airline's bankruptcy filing. How do credit card processors do business? Why would they suddenly change the rules so drastically? Was it a sign of lack of… Continue reading
May 09 Wars increase production and employment, but this time the US is in a recession. Can we blame globilization? Question/Comment: Wars are inflationary, because goods are being produced in order to be destroyed. Wars increase production and employment but this time around the U.S. is at war and in a recession. Is this the result of… Continue reading
May 07 The housing market has made a major jump in the last thirty years, why? Question/Comment: Paul, in 1965, my dad bought our house in a suburb of Los Angeles for about $3,000. In 1979, he sold it for about $80,000. Why did the market jump so much in just 14 years? This has been… Continue reading