Mar 05 What Is Bernanke Doing About the Fed’s Stockpile of U.S. Debt? Photo of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke by Peter Larson/Medill News Service. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Monday's query: Name: Enrique G. Continue reading
Mar 03 BP to Pay $7.8 Billion in Gulf Oil Spill Settlement By Mike Fritz BP says it has reached a $7.8 billion settlement with lawyers representing thousands of plaintiffs who were affected by the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The announcement came late Friday as a much anticipated trial in a New… Continue reading
Mar 02 Can Family-Owned Firms Compete? Hundreds of Marshmallow Peeps move down the conveyor belt to be boxed up at Just Born, Inc., a family-owned and operated confections business. Photo by Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and… Continue reading
Mar 02 Can Family-Owned Firms Compete? By Paul Solman Hundreds of Marshmallow Peeps move down the conveyor belt to be boxed up at Just Born, Inc., a family-owned and operated confections business. Photo by Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and… Continue reading
Mar 01 California Grapples With High-Speed Rail Debate There's a big battle going on throughout the country, but especially in California, over whether to build very expensive high-speed rail systems. In these tough economic times, when the federal and the state governments don't have enough money to… Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch Will Brown’s Vision for High-Speed Rail in California Stay on Track? Will Brown's Vision for High-Speed Rail in California Stay on Track?… Continue watching
Mar 01 Bein’ Green: Easier Than You Think EmbedVideo(2825, 620, 386); By Elizabeth Shell "It's not that easy, bein' green," Kermit the Frog first lamented in 1970. "It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things." We became interested in greenness during… Continue reading
Mar 01 Bein’ Green: Easier Than You Think By Elizabeth Shell // "It's not that easy, bein' green," Kermit the Frog first lamented in 1970. "It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things." We became interested in greenness during research for a story on B Corps:… Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch Bein’ Green: Easier than You Think Explainer: Businesses have their building certified as 'green' through the LEED system. Continue watching
Feb 29 Watch Benefit Corporations Aim to Make a Profit — and a Positive Impact Benefit Corporations Aim to Make a Profit -- and a Positive Impact… Continue watching