Feb 24 Viewer Gives Paul Solman a ‘Hat Tip’ Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Friday's "query": Name: Bob Comment: Ditch the stupid hat -- spoils your serious image!… Continue reading
Feb 23 In Towns All Over U.S., Small Green Economic Shoots Spotted Creative Commons photo courtesy Flickr user innpictime Sometimes it's the small indicators that carry the most economic significance. For months now the unemployment rate and consumer spending numbers have shown signs of a slowly improving economy. Continue reading
Feb 23 The Financial Answer Man: Carl Richards Takes Your Questions EmbedVideo(2772, 620, 386); By Paul Solman and Elizabeth Shell A while back we asked you to submit your most pressing personal finance questions so that I could put them to Carl Richards, the napkin-sketching, New York… Continue reading
Feb 23 The Financial Answer Man: Carl Richards Takes Your Questions EmbedVideo(2772, 482, 304); A while back we asked you to submit your most pressing personal finance questions so that I could put them to Carl Richards, the electronic-sketching, New York Times-blogging, financial literacy-teaching author of the… Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch The Financial Answer Man: Carl Richards Takes Your Questions We're unveiling a new miniseries here on Making Sen$e: Carl and Paul on Personal Finance. Continue watching
Feb 22 Why Banks Are Getting Haircuts Home foreclosure in Greeley, Colo. Photo by Flickr user david_shankbone under a Creative Commons license. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: Name:… Continue reading
Feb 22 Why Banks Are Getting Haircuts By Paul Solman Home foreclosure in Greeley, Colo. Photo by Flickr user david_shankbone under a Creative Commons license. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: Name: Gordon… Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch As Gas Prices Rise, White House Goes on Offensive, Defensive With President Obama taking heat from the GOP over rising gas prices, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney worked Tuesday to shift blame and tout domestic energy exploration efforts. Judy Woodruff discusses the political implications of $3.58 a gallon with… Continue watching
Feb 21 Boomer Babies ‘Boomerang’: Happy Homecoming? Or Are Grads Giving Up? Image by the PBS NewsHour. The boomerang business is booming. Ever since our story on "accordion families" and "boomerang kids" ran last week, personal testimony has been coming in over the transom. We'll share a sample of it with… Continue reading
Feb 21 Boomer Babies ‘Boomerang’: Happy Homecoming? Or Are Grads Giving Up? Image by the PBS NewsHour. The boomerang business is booming. Ever since our story on "accordion families" and "boomerang kids" ran last week, personal testimony has been coming in over the transom. We'll share a sample of it with… Continue reading