Jan 03 Barney Frank's Plans for the Future By Paul Solman // In an exit interview that aired Dec. 26, economic correspondent Paul Solman spoke with Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who retired from Congress at the end of his term in January 2013. In the last of our series of… Continue reading
Jan 02 How Will Your Take-Home Pay Change? The Tax Policy Center has projected a percent change from 2012 levels in after-tax income. This projection includes many of the major components of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Roberton Williams of the Tax Policy Center said… Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch Manufacturer Vita Needle Finds Investment in Older Workers Turns a Big Profit Manufacturer Vita Needle Finds Investment in Older Workers Turns a Big Profit… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch How Congress Passed a Plan to Avoid the 'Fiscal Cliff' Congress stepped back from the brink of financial turmoil after the House passed a tax plan that included the expiration of payroll tax breaks for all and the extension of Bush-era tax cuts for most. Judy Woodruff talks to Roll… Continue watching
Jan 02 Life Insights from a 100-Year-Old Manufacturing Worker EmbedVideo(5366, 482, 304); While reporting on needle and tubing manufacturing firm Vita Needle in Needham, Mass., recently, the NewsHour team met Rosa Finnegan. The company is known for its elderly workforce with its average worker 74 years… Continue reading
Jan 02 Life Insights from a 100-Year-Old Manufacturing Worker By Paul Solman // While reporting on needle and tubing manufacturing firm Vita Needle in Needham, Mass., the NewsHour team met Rosa Finnegan. The company is known for its elderly workforce with its average worker 74 years old. But at 100, Finnegan is… Continue reading
Jan 02 Barney Frank: How Smart Is Congress? By Paul Solman // In an exit interview that aired on PBS NewsHour Dec. 26, economic correspondent Paul Solman spoke with Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who plans to retire from Congress at the end of his term in January 2013. Watch this… Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch Barney Frank: How Smart Is Congress? Barney Frank: How Smart Is Congress?… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch Deadline Day Arrives: Congress 'Very Close' to Tax Deal, Unresolved on Deficit Deadline Day Arrives: Congress 'Very Close' to Tax Deal, Unresolved on Deficit… Continue watching
Dec 31 President Obama Says Deal 'Within Sight'; Deficit Solution to Come Later EmbedVideo(5342, 482, 304); Despite President Obama's earlier optimistic message that a deal had been reached, Congress won't vote on a bill before midnight New Year's Eve, to avert the so called fiscal cliff. According to news… Continue reading