

Nation Jul 06

A series of exposes and resignations have newly shone a spotlight on the actions of tech companies, investors and funders, including how prominent venture capitalists have been accused of unwanted sexual advances. William Brangham talks to Freada Kapor Klein, founder…
By PBS NewsHour
Economy Dec 11

Wealthy foreigners have invested $500,000 each into Vermont's Jay Peak Resort through the EB-5 immigrant investor program. Now, they aren't so sure they will get their money back.
By Kristen Doerer
Economy Dec 10

In northeastern Vermont, a half-billion dollar development is helping to transform a lagging economy into the state's job-creation leader. It seems like a win for tourists and for foreign investors, who put up the money in return for green cards…
By PBS NewsHour
Economy Oct 29

Is it a tax break for the nation's wealthiest or an important driver of economic growth?…
By Paul Solman
Aug 25

By PBS NewsHour
In our news wrap Tuesday, market panic continued for a third day in China, despite an effort by the Central Bank to boost the economy by cutting interest rates. Also, the head of the IAEA promised that its checks of…
Aug 11

By PBS NewsHour
Tech giant Google is restructuring. A newly created holding company called Alphabet will now be the umbrella for its core business of Internet searching -- still called Google -- as well as other divisions like home automation and X Labs.
Jan 25

By PBS NewsHour
Five years ago, financier Bernie Madoff was arrested for running an elaborate, global Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of billions of dollars and left many of his thousands of victims with nothing. Madoff is currently serving a 150-year sentence in…
Known as the 'safest asset,' bond market braces for U.S. debt ceiling deadline…
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