Oct 24 The wonders and woes of the travel industry in Elizabeth Becker's 'Overbooked' By Victoria Fleischer Elizabeth Becker, an award-winning former foreign and war correspondent for the New York Times, explores the best and worst of the tourism industry in her new book, "Overbooked: The Global Business of Travel and Tourism." The United Nations estimates that… Continue reading
Oct 24 Working more, voting less? How employment affects turnout Fuller employment may reduce your tendency to vote in non-presidential contests. Above, voters in Boston look over ballot questions while waiting in line to vote in 2012. Photo courtesy of Mike Segar/Reuters. Continue reading
Oct 24 Working More, Voting Less? How Employment Affects Turnout By Simone Pathe Fuller employment may reduce your tendency to vote in non-presidential contests. Above, voters in Boston, Massachusetts, look over ballot questions while waiting in line to vote in 2012. Photo courtesy of Mike Segar/Reuters. With the United States narrowly missing debt… Continue reading
Oct 23 Investor beware: China's growth is near its tipping point China's economic growth is not sustainable, warns Junheng Li, the "Tiger Woman on Wall Street." Above, one of China's main financial centers in Shenzhen. Photo courtesy of Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images. Continue reading
Oct 23 Investor Beware: China's Growth Is Near Its Tipping Point China's economic growth is not sustainable, warns Junheng Li, the "Tiger Woman on Wall Street." Above, one of China's main financial centers in Shenzhen. Photo courtesy of Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images. Editor's Note: Junheng Li, the "Tiger Woman on… Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch Economists expect 'messier' jobs report for October after unimpressive September Economists expect 'messier' jobs report for October after unimpressive September… Continue watching
Oct 22 More than 25M Americans still can't get a full-time job By Paul Solman, Simone Pathe Our own unemployment metric, the "Solman Scale," found unemployment ticked down slightly to 15.6 percent. Photo courtesy of John Moore/Getty Images. Continue reading
Oct 22 More than 25M Americans Still Can't Get a Full-Time Job By Paul Solman By Paul Solman and Simone Pathe Our "Solman Scale" measures the "U-7," adding to the officially unemployed part-timers looking for full-time work and "discouraged" workers -- everyone who didn't look for a job in the past week but says they… Continue reading
Oct 22 Hiring slows in September as U.S. economy adds 148,000 jobs WASHINGTON -- U.S. employers added just 148,000 jobs in September, suggesting the job market was weakening before a 16-day partial government shutdown. Still, the September gain was enough to lower the unemployment rate, which comes from a separate survey. The… Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch Should individuals also be held accountable for the 2008 financial meltdown? Should individuals also be held accountable for the 2008 financial meltdown?… Continue watching