Dec 10 Watch Economic Bust Strikes Colorado 'Boom Town' As part of the Patchwork Nation series, Ray Suarez travels to Eagle, Colo., where the real estate boom of earlier this decade has culminated in an especially painful bust. Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Older Workers Face New Challenges in Tough Job Market In his continuing series of reports on Making Sense of the economy, Paul Solman looks at the challenges older workers face trying to secure a job, let alone retirement, amid the downturn. Continue watching
Dec 10 School Opens Doors with Second Language Learners in Focus By Anna Shoup The New America School in Eagle County, Colo., opened three years ago to educate the area's Latino high school students. Continue reading
Dec 09 Patchwork Nation: A Different View on Banking in 'Tractor Country' By Anna Shoup Farmers in Sioux Center managed to avert much of the financial crisis by keeping a close eye on their balance sheets. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch Iowa Farmers Squeezed by Belt Tightening In part three of his Patchwork Nation series, Ray Suarez travels to Sioux Center, Iowa, to look at how the recession has hit agricultural centers known as "tractor country."… Continue watching
Dec 08 Small Business, Infrastructure, and Energy Key to Obama's Job Plan President Obama outlined his plan to encourage U.S. job creation in a speech at the Brookings Institution Tuesday, emphasizing three priorities: tax cuts for small businesses; investment in U.S. infrastructure; and incentives for energy efficiency initiatives. While avoiding specific cost… Continue reading
Dec 08 Patchwork Nation: Small Business Maintains Local Roots in Ann Arbor By Anna Shoup Zingerman's Community of Businesses have become a local institution in Ann Arbor, Mich. And even with the success, the owners want to keep it local. Continue reading
Dec 07 Paul Solman Wins Business Emmy for Unemployment Reporting By Carolyn O'Hara At the 7th Annual Business & Financial Emmy Awards luncheon today, Paul Solman and team won an Emmy for outstanding coverage of a current business news story for "Faces Behind the Numbers," a duo of pieces on U.S. unemployment. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch Philadelphia Adjusts as Manufacturing Fades In part one of the Patchwork Nation series examining communities across the U.S., Ray Suarez looks at Philadelphia's shift from a city of skilled blue-collar workers to one where just 1 in 20 workers makes things for a living. Continue watching