Jul 18 Watch Debate Over Consumer Agency Continues as Obama Taps Cordray to Lead President Obama tapped former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Judy Woodruff leads a debate over the agency's role, responsibilities and funding with the Roosevelt Institute's Jeff Madrick and David Hirschmann of the… Continue watching
Jul 18 Were We Too Easy on Lincoln Electric? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here are a few queries: // We received a flurry of worried responses to our… Continue reading
Jul 15 Stand-up Economist: Is China Asia's Ecuador? By Paul Solman // Stand-up economist Yoram Bauman has now made it to China and filed the second of his vlogs for us from Beijing. We found his comparison of China to Ecuador fascinating. For those who crave a… Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch Stand-up Economist: Is China Asia's Ecuador? Standup economist Yoram Bauman has made it to China and filed the second of his vlogs. Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch Sneak Peek: Indonesia Series Explores Rising Power's Major Health Challenges Ray Suarez talks about his trip to Indonesia and the country's health challenges. Continue watching
Jul 14 The Not-So-Golden Years: Are You Better Prepared Than Other Americans? By Paul Solman Explore a compendium of facts on Americans' shortfalls in retirement savings, presented in graphic form. As should always be your habit with poll data, don't try to take the actual numbers to the bank. But as rough approximations,… Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch Cleveland Manufacturer Welds Together Job Security, Profits Paul Solman looks at a Cleveland company that's handled the economic turmoil differently. Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Italy: Too Big to Fail? Ray Suarez discusses Italy's economic crisis with guests. Continue watching
Jul 13 The No-Layoff Company -- in Ohio By Paul Solman // Editor's Note: On Wednesday's program, a look at an improbable Rust Belt success story. With a guaranteed no-layoff policy and average pay of almost $70,000 this year, Lincoln Electric is atypical of U.S. companies. We last visited the… Continue reading
Jul 12 Smacking Into the Debt Ceiling: the Day-by-Day Consequences By Paul Solman Daily U.S. Government Income and Expenditures: Use the slide bar to see how Treasury's cash deficit is projected to grow if the debt ceiling is reached, starting with Aug. 3. Mouse over the red points to see the running deficit… Continue reading