Nov 14 Janet Yellen faces Senate confirmation hearing .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } PBS NewsHour will… Continue reading
Nov 12 Gender pay gap narrowing, but mobility gap persists Recently released data shows the earnings gap between men and women narrowing, but men are still more upwardly mobile than women, particularly when their parents have lower incomes. Photo Troels Graugaard/Getty Images. Women are closing the gender… Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch Chinese party leaders consider major economic reforms China is now the world’s second largest economy. So what happens there, naturally, has great implications for the rest of the world. There’s a very important meeting going on now in Beijing involving the top leaders of the ruling Communist… Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch Despite shutdown, October jobs report still good news for economy Despite shutdown, October jobs report still good news for economy… Continue watching
Nov 07 GDP growth, highest for the year, beats expectations Photo by [Flickr user Mirko Tobias Schaefer] The U.S. economy grew 2.8 percent in the third quarter (July, August and September), outpacing the 2 percent growth many economists had predicted and coming in as the fastest… Continue reading
Nov 06 Watch A Living Wage for the Greater Good? A Living Wage for the Greater Good?… Continue watching
Nov 06 From service to Starbucks: Businesses seeking to hire vets, spouses Photo by flickr user imacgyv0r The fighting doesn't always end for U.S. soldiers returning from war: finding a civilian job after completing military service can be its own hard battle. But many U.S. companies are undertaking pointed efforts… Continue reading
Nov 06 Pour the egg nog but hold the rum: Index predicts a less vice-full holiday season By News Desk Photo by Flickr user Prettywar With the last of the discounted Halloween candy vanishing from retailers' shelves, it's now that time of year where some have already started to cue the Christmas music for holiday shoppers. But if you're… Continue reading
Nov 05 Google's building something in San Francisco Bay and isn't saying a word Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images When Google is developing something new, people generally want to know what that something is. Projects along the lines of a new Android phone or Chrome extension can be easier for the… Continue reading
Nov 04 U.S. public investment in schools, highways and other infrastructure at lowest level since 1947 Photo by Flickr user Todd Lappin The Great Recession, public opposition to spending, and reduced taxes have pushed gross public captial investment down to its lowest levels since the end of World War II, according to the… Continue reading