Jan 17 Watch 4:38 What’s the economic impact of the Iran deal? By PBS News Hour On Sunday, the Treasury Department announced new sanctions on 11 foreign companies or individuals supplying parts for Iran's ballistic missile program. Bloomberg News White House correspondent Angela Greiling Keane joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington to discuss the economic impact of… Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch 9:19 What plummeting oil prices mean for the U.S. stock market By PBS News Hour Another market plunge in China and plummeting oil prices -- which dropped to a staggering $30 a barrel -- fueled a tough week on Wall Street. Judy Woodruff talks to Bradley Olson of The Wall Street Journal and Liz Ann… Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch 8:20 How Silicon Valley is trying to fix its diversity problem By PBS News Hour Almost two years after major tech firms began publicizing their diversity numbers, recent figures show that Silicon Valley employees are still overwhelmingly white and male. Hari Sreenivasan reports on the steps these companies are taking to address their race and… Continue watching
Jan 15 Age discrimination in the workplace starts as early as 35 By Joanna Lahey Here's some practical advice on what "older" women workers can do to get hired. Continue reading
Jan 15 Who’s the favorite? The growing trend of uneven inheritance By Making Sen$e Editor Among parents over 50 who reported having wills, the fraction treating their children unequally rose from 16 percent to 35 percent between 1995 and 2010. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch 8:56 Women over 50? Help not wanted By PBS News Hour Do women face a tougher time finding a job than men as we age? According to economists, women 35 and up are far less likely to be considered for certain jobs than younger women or men of the same age. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch 5:00 News Wrap: Goldman Sachs to pay $5.1 billion over mortgage practices By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Goldman Sachs agreed to settle long-running federal and state investigations regarding the company's mortgage practices leading up to the 20018 meltdown. Also, 10 more detainees, all from Yemen, have been released from the Guantanamo Bay… Continue watching
Jan 14 Why women over 50 can’t find jobs By Teresa Ghilarducci If you’re a woman above the age of 50, you might have had some difficulty finding work since 2008. Here's why. Continue reading
Jan 13 The one line that brought both sides of the aisle to their feet during the State of the Union By Paul Solman It would be good for Democrats if they realized the extent to which this line resonated, and not only in the hall of Congress. Continue reading
Jan 13 Like it or not, we’re all in the same Medicare boat By Philip Moeller The Medicare boat may be leaky and full of unclear and even unfair rules, but we all need to be in it to help the system survive. Continue reading