Dec 27 The American Dream Deferred: What Befell our Strategic Defaulters? By Paul Solman We've devoted a lot of attention to the foreclosure crisis that is threatening the homes of so many Americans, and to various ways they've sought help: non-profit third parties; the government's loan modification program, HAMP. But… Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch Retailers Upbeat on Holiday Sales Surge Jeffrey Brown talks to Dana Telsey, a retail-industry watcher, about the trends this year in holiday sales. Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch Shields and Gerson on Obama's Gains, New Political Realities Columnists Mark Shields and Michael Gerson talk to Jeffrey Brown about the week in politics. Continue watching
Dec 24 2010, the Year of Foreclosure By Paul Solman Of the two dozen "Words of the Year" cited by the New York Times the other day, two of them -- "robo-signer" and "put-back" -- were spawned by the foreclosure crisis. (See this link for the Gray Lady's definitions.)… Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch The Business of Forest Smuggling KCTS in Seattle, Washington looks into the illegal side of the holiday industry of forest greenery. Lesley McClurg has more on how forest smuggling has short term effects on businesses and long term effects on the environment. Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch News Wrap: Christmas Celebrations Around the World Christmas celebrations started around the world today. Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Denver's Elaborate Plan to End Homelessness Sees Big Successes Correspondent Tom Bearden looks at an ambitious plan to end homelessness in Colorado's capital. Denver's Road Home was launched in 2005 with the lofty goal of ending homelessness in 10 years, and its executive director says the program is on… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Cubans Grapple With Challenges, Promises of Economic Change Ray Suarez and the NewsHour Global Health Unit kick off a three-part series from Cuba with a report from Havana on how the country's economy is adapting to the gradual economic reforms of President Raul Castro -- while maintaining a… Continue watching
Dec 16 Will the U.S. Follow Europe's Austerity Lead? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Thursday's query: Name: Sharon McDonnell Question: Paul, I apologize if I missed a step in the… Continue reading
Dec 15 Why Doesn't the U.S. Just Print More Money, Rather Than Borrow? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: Name: Bill Turner Question: Why does the U.S. borrow so much instead… Continue reading