May 06 Watch Hung Parliament, Political Brinkmanship Anticipated After U.K. Election The votes are being counted in Britain's heated national elections, as three parties attempted to claim a majority in Parliament. Margaret Warner gets the latest after the close of the polls from reporter Ned Temko in London. Continue watching
May 06 Watch Britons Await Vote Tally Results Following Heated National Campaigns Voters in the United Kingdom headed to the polls Thursday to vote in a historically tight election, where control of Parliament was up for grabs. Simon Marks reports on the high turnouts and increased public interest marking this trip to… Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch Job Loss Slows in Nov., Signaling Some Recovery Employers cut the fewest number of jobs in November since the recession started in 2007. Judy Woodruff talks to experts about the unexpected good news and what this could mean for the country's economic future. Continue watching
Nov 25 Jobs Claims Down, Hopeful Economic News on America’s Heaviest Travel Day By Travis Daub The number of people seeking unemployment insurance for the first time fell to its lowest point since September 2008, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 29 In Case You Missed It: AFL-CIO’s Trumka Faces Dwindling Ranks Editor’s note: Paul recently sat down with newly elected AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka to discuss how Trumka plans to lead organized labor through a series of current challenges… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch Labor’s ‘Bulldog’ Trumka Challenged by Dwindling Ranks, Public Perception As AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka works to protect organized labor from the excesses of big business, he faces dwindling ranks, splits among union groups, and diminished public support. Paul Solman reports. Continue watching
Aug 24 Author of ‘Cheap’ Answers (More of) Your Questions Editor’s note: Paul recently sat down with author and professor Ellen Ruppel Shell to discuss her new book, Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture. At the heart of Shell’s premise is the idea that our love of… Continue reading
Aug 05 Freed Journalists Return to U.S. Soil After N. Korea Ordeal By Talea Miller Freed American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling returned to U.S. soil Wednesday morning with former President Bill Clinton, after spending more than four months in detention in North Korea. Continue reading
May 08 Making Sen$e of Business, Finance, and Economics No more posts for today or the weekend as we debut (drum roll here, even trumpets, perhaps, or maybe a French overture)…our new Making Sen$e Web site, made possible by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,… Continue reading
Apr 16 Housing Market Continues to Stumble By PBS News Hour New home starts fell more than 10 percent in March, according to new government numbers released Thursday, while foreclosures surged 24 percent in the first quarter of the year. Continue reading