Dec 16 Wealthier Counties Drove Off With More ‘Clunkers’ Cash By Hari Sreenivasan The government's $3 billion "cash for clunkers" program encouraged consumers this summer to trade in their gas-guzzling vehicles for more fuel-efficient ones. A county-by-county breakdown of the government's "clunkers" spending reveals that residents of wealthier counties took more advantage… Continue reading
Dec 16 On Wednesday’s NewsHour… Coming up on the PBS NewsHour tonight: COPENHAGEN LATEST - Protests and paralysis dominated the day's events at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The NewsHour's Ray Suarez will have the latest from the Danish capital, including excerpts from an… Continue reading
Dec 15 On Tuesday’s NewsHour… There were major events in Washington, Illinois and Copenhagen today. Here's the line-up for tonight's program: HEALTH CARE TALKS - We're leading with President Obama's meeting with Senate Democrats to try to forge a compromise on a health care reform… Continue reading
Dec 15 GM to Repay $6.7 Billion in Bailout Funds, CEO Says General Motors plans to repay $6.7 billion in federal aid by the end of June, the company's new chief executive officer, Edward E. Whitacre Jr., told reporters Tuesday. GM owes the U.S. $6.7 billion out of $52 billion… Continue reading
Dec 14 On Monday’s NewsHour… Lots coming up on the PBS NewsHour tonight. THE PRESIDENT & THE BANKERS: We'll lead the broadcast with coverage of President Obama's White House meeting this morning with some of the nation's leading bankers. Kwame Holman has our report, and… Continue reading
Dec 13 Remembering Economist Paul Samuelson By Murrey Jacobson Update: You can read economics correspondent Paul Solman's reflections on Samuelson's life and work here on Making Sen$e. The world lost one of the giants in modern economics Sunday when Nobel laureate Paul Samuelson died at his home… Continue reading
Dec 11 On Friday’s NewsHour… By Simon Marks After another very busy day in the newsroom, here are details of what's coming up on tonight's edition of the PBS NewsHour: Financial Regulation: The U.S. House today approved the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulation since the Great… Continue reading
Dec 10 On Thursday’s NewsHour… By Simon Marks Coming up on the PBS NewsHour tonight: PEACE PRIZE: We'll have full coverage of President Obama's acceptance speech at the Nobel ceremony in Oslo, Norway today. We'll follow that by a discussion about the speech, and some perspective on… Continue reading
Dec 10 Stopping the Presses: Venerable Media-Watcher E&P to Cease Publication By Mike Melia After more than a century of covering the journalism industry, Editor & Publisher magazine is stopping its presses. The chronicler of newspapers and journalism reported today that its print and online are both shutting down. Its parent company, Nielsen… Continue reading
Dec 10 Ray Suarez: What the Recession Looks like in ‘Boom Town’ of Eagle, Colo. By Ray Suarez Eagle, Colo. | Next in our Patchwork Nation series, we set off for a "Boom Town." Eagle County had doubled in population since the early years of the decade, and was set to double again quickly. Fueled by income… Continue reading