Jun 28 Watch 8:06 How these Alabama architecture students are improving lives with low-cost home designs By John Yang For decades, students and faculty from Auburn University's Rural Studio have been working, studying and living in Hale County, Alabama, and using architecture to serve the greater good. There, more than two dozen different homes that cost only $20,000 have… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 7:57 How a new aristocracy’s self-segregation puts stress on society By Paul Solman Growing class division is destabilizing our society, argues author and philosopher Matthew Stewart in a provocative Atlantic magazine cover story. He says there's a group in between the top 0.1 percent and bottom 90 percent that plays an important role… Continue watching
Jun 28 WATCH: Trump lauds Foxconn groundbreaking, his economic agenda in Wisconsin By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Donald Trump was highlighting his economic policies Thursday by taking part in the ceremonial groundbreaking for a $10 billion Foxconn factory complex that may bring thousands of jobs to a state he barely carried in the 2016 presidential election. Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 6:41 China has a front-row seat to North Korea’s possible economic opening By Katrina Yu Nowhere are people more excited and optimistic about Pyongyang opening up than on China's border with North Korea. Betting on denuclearization, investors have started speculating in the real estate market, while local businesses are hoping for a windfall. Special correspondent… Continue watching
Jun 24 From boat makers to farmers, U.S.-led tariff war inflicts pain By Paul Wiseman, Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press A Florida boat builder absorbs $4 million in lost business and expects more pain. An Ohio pork producer is losing access to a vital export market and fears the damage will last years. A motorcycle shop near Cologne, Germany, wonders… Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch 9:18 ESports mesmerize as traditional sports worry about decline By Paul Solman, Jaywon Choe It's drawn millions of fans, its competitors get paid big money and the Olympics are considering adding it. As an industry, eSports -- professionals playing video games for spectators -- is set to gross nearly $1 billion by the end… Continue watching
Jun 20 More than 140 arrested at meatpacking plant in another Ohio immigration raid By John Seewer, Associated Press The investigation focused on whether the company knowingly hired people who are in the country illegally and used fake identities belonging to U.S. citizens. Continue reading
Jun 20 Column: This plan to add broad non-medical benefits to Medicare Advantage is a big deal. Here’s why By Philip Moeller Beginning next year, Medicare Advantage plans will be permitted for the first time to broadly cover non-medical expenses that can help Medicare enrollees improve their health. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 4:32 News Wrap: China calls Trump trade escalation ‘blackmail’ In our news wrap Tuesday, trade tensions with China spiked again after President Trump called for tariffs on another $200 billion dollars worth of Chinese goods. The president's trade adviser, Peter Navarro, said the U.S. remains open to talks to… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 5:00 The trade battle with China keeps escalating. What’s at stake for the U.S.? For months, the U.S. and China have traded tit-for-tat trade threats, but the battle between the world's two largest economies escalated to new levels Tuesday. Most recently, President Trump warned that he may impose tariffs on 90 percent of everything… Continue watching