Nov 04 Watch 'Need To Know': States Tackle Jobs Crisis in Creative Ways Several states are testing creative ways to tackle the jobless problem. This excerpt is part of a series called "Help Wanted" produced by PBS' "Need To Know."… Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch Amid Debt-Ceiling Drama, Interest Rates Have Hardly Followed the Script On Wall Street, stocks initially rallied Monday on the news of a debt-ceiling deal, but a weak report on manufacturing killed the surge. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on the financial world's reactions to the drama over a debt deal… Continue watching
Jul 19 Lincoln Electric Story Sparks Debate, Frank Koller Responds One more day's worth of reaction to our Lincoln Electric story, which has generated so much comment on PBS' Facebook page. It comes from Frank Koller, the Canadian journalist we interviewed, author of the book on Lincoln,… Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch Share and Share Alike This is the 1992 version of an unlikely rust belt success story. Continue watching
Jul 13 The No-Layoff Company -- in Ohio By Paul Solman // Editor's Note: On Wednesday's program, a look at an improbable Rust Belt success story. With a guaranteed no-layoff policy and average pay of almost $70,000 this year, Lincoln Electric is atypical of U.S. companies. We last visited the… Continue reading
Apr 04 Can U.S. Product Makers Manufacture a Profit? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Paul Menzel Question: I understand that it is more profitable for… Continue reading
Apr 04 Can U.S. Product Makers Manufacture a Profit? By Elizabeth Shell Name: Paul Menzel Question: I understand that it is more profitable for hi-tech companies to have their devices manufactured overseas (primarily Asia) than to manufacture them domestically. Could these companies manufacture their products in the U.S. and still make a… Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch Chicago High School Prepares Students for Real-World Manufacturing Jobs With unemployment holding steady above 9 percent, the jobs market looks bleak. But there is one industry that has added jobs: manufacturing. Ash-har Quraishi of Chicago News Cooperative reports on one public school that's retooling to help its graduates take… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Baja's Tourism Suffers Amid Mexico Drug War A drop in tourism and manufacturing has left the Mexican state Baja, California, with a struggling economy. Jose Luis Sierra of New America Media reports on how the drug war and recession have played a role. Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch Manufacturer Goes Small in Era of 'Too Big to Fail' As part of his ongoing series of reports making sense of the economy, Paul Solman revisits a Missouri manufacturer that has proven small enough to succeed in the era of "too big to fail."… Continue watching