Mar 12 Why Am I Paying So Much at the Pump? A gas station in Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo by Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Monday's query: Name:… Continue reading
Mar 09 227,000 New Jobs Added While Unemployment Holds at 8.3% Steve Chock uses a plasma welder to cut metal during a class at Hennepin Technical College in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Photo by Ariana Lindquist/Bloomberg via Getty Images. By Paul Solman and Elizabeth Shell Healthy job numbers arrived Friday, and,… Continue reading
Mar 08 How are Small Businesses Affected by Changing Taxes on the Wealthy? Kim Chauvin and her husband Dave, co-owners of the Mariah Jade Shrimp Company, prepare a small load of shrimp to be delivered to a client at their shrimp processing plant in Chauvin, La. This husband and wife team have… Continue reading
Mar 07 What Do Fewer Workers Mean for the U.S. Economy? Photo by Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Name: Taylor Vincent Question: Surprised by the significant… Continue reading
Mar 06 Are Credit Default Swaps Casinos in Disguise? Photo of the inside of the Venetian hotel and casino in Las Vegas by Flickr user kris.hoet. Update | 1 p.m. ET This post has been edited from its original posting. Update | 1:50 p.m. ET This post… Continue reading
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 answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Monday's query: Name: Enrique G. Continue reading
Mar 02 Can Family-Owned Firms Compete? Hundreds of Marshmallow Peeps move down the conveyor belt to be boxed up at Just Born, Inc., a family-owned and operated confections business. Photo by Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and… Continue reading
Mar 01 Bein’ Green: Easier Than You Think EmbedVideo(2825, 620, 386); By Elizabeth Shell "It's not that easy, bein' green," Kermit the Frog first lamented in 1970. "It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things." We became interested in greenness during… Continue reading
Feb 29 Rich Shopper, Poor Shopper and the End of Economic Mobility Photo by Tobias Helbig via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Alvera Pritchard: I found the Rich/Poor Shopper segment… Continue reading
Feb 28 New Lows in U.S. Housing Prices Bode Ill for Economic Recovery A sign in a neighborhood outside of Greensboro, N.C. Photo by Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images. By Elizabeth Shell Tuesday's house price numbers are bad -- real bad. Not only have overall indicators dropped to their lowest levels… Continue reading