Oct 19 California launches Wells Fargo criminal investigation over fake accounts By Kristen Doerer The California Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into Wells Fargo, which was fined $185 million for illegal banking practices last month. Continue reading
Oct 19 Are you ready to navigate the overwhelming choices of Medicare? By Philip Moeller You need to learn enough to buy the right policies and then, of equal if not greater importance, how to best use them to get the best medical care you can at the lowest price. Do not expect Medicare or… Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch 4:32 The economy is improving, yet these voters don’t trust the data By PBS News Hour Unemployment in the U.S. is at 5 percent, a relative low, and 10 million jobs have been created during the Obama administration. But a new survey finds that many Americans are experiencing high levels of economic anxiety, a factor that… Continue watching
Oct 18 Average senior’s Social Security check to increase a measly $4 in 2017 By Philip Moeller Social Security’s annual cost of living adjustment, or COLA, will be only 0.3 percent in 2017. Continue reading
Oct 17 How ‘ban the box’ policies unintentionally cause discrimination against these workers By Making Sen$e Editor A new paper concludes that ban-the-box policies actually reduce work opportunities for young, low-skilled black and Hispanic men with clean records. Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch 10:21 California to vote on legalizing recreational marijuana By Saskia de Melker, Melanie Saltzman California, the first state to legalize medical marijuana 20 years ago, will vote in November on whether to legalize recreational use for people over the age of 21. With 39 million residents and the world’s 6th-largest economy, California’s status could… Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch 9:52 Companies race to make electric cars mainstream By PBS News Hour When Tesla Motors announced in March it would build a new, all-electric car at a starting price of $35,000, it was a turning point for the company. General Motors is also developing an all-electric sedan and hopes to market it… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch 4:05 News Wrap: Medicare rolls out new system for paying doctors By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Medicare is changing the way it compensates doctors and other clinicians. Starting in 2019, care providers will be allowed to choose whether they want to be paid for quality instead of quantity. Also, swollen rivers… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch 8:26 Would Trump disrupt the economy? This billionaire hopes so By PBS News Hour Billionaire Tom Barrack, who made his fortune as a real estate investor, is a long-standing business associate and friend of Donald Trump, and now he's also an economic adviser and fundraiser to the Trump campaign. Economics correspondent Paul Solman sits… Continue watching
Oct 14 Why billionaire Tom Barrack believes Trump can fix inequality By Paul Solman Billionaire Tom Barrack explains why he thinks Trump is the man to address economic inequality and "radical Islam."… Continue reading