May 08 Is the IRS Sexist When It Comes to Child Care? Photo by Subactive_Photo via Flickr Creative Commons Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Tuesday's query: Name: JJ Question: What's with the inequitable treatment… Continue reading
May 07 Stand-Up Comedian Baratunde Thurston on ‘How To Be Black’ EmbedVideo(3331, 482, 304); By Paul Solman and Elizabeth Shell Baratunde Thurston seemed like something of a wonder: a stand-up comedian via Sidwell Friends and Harvard. I note, however, that there is now something called The Harvard College… Continue reading
May 04 Slim Job Growth in April, But Fewer Americans Reporting They Worked People wait in line at a job fair in the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. It's time for the unemployment news, and our monthly U-7, the most inclusive stat on un- and underemployment… Continue reading
May 03 Measuring Worth, $1 at a Time Photo by Flickr user borman818 Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query: Name: Ed Question: Exactly how much is $1 worth today?… Continue reading
May 02 Nobel Laureate Robert Merton: Is U.S. Job Growth Happening in Vietnam? An International Paper Co. employee works on the floor of the company's factory in Mt. Carmel, Pa. The company was one of 35 big U.S.-based multinational companies to add jobs faster than other U.S. employers in the past two… Continue reading
May 01 From the Subprime to the Ridiculous Wells Fargo & Co., the largest U.S. home lender, reported a 13 percent rise in its first-quarter profit in April, setting a record as the bank made more money on new mortgages and curbed losses from old ones. Photo… Continue reading
Apr 26 How Do Speculators Affect Gas Prices? An attendant displays a fuel pump at a gas station in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Photo by Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here… Continue reading
Apr 25 Do We Need Government Intervention to Create More Jobs? Civilian Conservation Corps workers in 1933 construct a road. Public domain photograph from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum via Wikimedia Commons. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his… Continue reading
Apr 24 Latest U.S. Home Prices Show Your Largest Asset May Be Withering Away Homes in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The nation's capital saw the highest price index level of all 20 areas the S&P/Case-Shiller report covers. Creative Commons photo courtesy of flickr user NCinDC. By Paul Solman and Elizabeth… Continue reading
Apr 23 Sunshine, Composting Toilets and Rainwater: Recipe for a ‘Top 10’ Green Building The campus of University of California, Merced, was one of the top 10 green buildings in 2012, according to the American Institute of Architects. Photo by Tim Griffith. A classroom in the back woods of the University of Minnesota… Continue reading