Obama’s Plan For Dividends, Gains: Who Would Pay?
As the White House and Congress debate how to steer clear of the fiscal cliff, one obstacle is President Obama’s insistence that the wealthy should pay more in taxes — though recently some Republicans...
View ArticleN.Y. Fast-Food Workers Strike For Better Wages
Fast-food workers staged protests Thursday at restaurants in New York. The workers said their low wages need to be raised. But with the economy still slow, restaurant managers are determined to hold...
View ArticleDallas Residents Weigh In On ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Talks
The battle over the looming spending cuts and tax increases known as the “fiscal cliff” begins this week where it ended last week — deadlocked. While there is no agreement on how lawmakers should work...
View ArticleTo Fix The Debt, Compromise Is Key
Guest Sen. Pete Domenici, senior fellow, Debt Reduction Task Force at the Bipartisan Policy Center The nonpartisan group Fix The Debt, has developed a comprehensive proposal to address the so-called...
View ArticleHow Helpful Is Extending Unemployment Benefits?
About 2 million Americans could lose unemployment checks if Congress doesn’t extend emergency federal benefits by the end of the year. Host Michel Martin talks about new research challenging...
View ArticleTackling The Deficit Stalemate: What To Cap And Cut
After House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) proposed a deficit reduction proposal that included $800 billion of increased revenue, some within the Republican Party objected loudly. Rep. Jason Chaffetz...
View ArticleMore Large Retailers Ease Customers’ Path To Credit
Enlarge Joe Raedle/Getty Images Home Depot has long offered credit cards, partly to serve customers who have just suffered major house damage. The company has recently widened those efforts. Here, a...
View ArticleWhat Should The U.S. Learn From Europe’s Woes?
Bertrand Langlois/AFP/Getty Images French President Francois Hollande (left) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel take part in a bilateral meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Nov. 22 as part...
View ArticleCrime-Ridden Camden To Dump City Police Force
Alisa Chang/NPR Camden City Police Chief Scott Thomson says he has shooting investigations “backlogging like burglary cases.” Half of his force was laid off last year, and the city says expensive...
View ArticleSuperstorm Sandy May Hurt November’s Jobs Report
The Labor Department will report Friday on job creation and the unemployment rate in November. The jobs numbers were stronger than expected in October, but analysts predict weaker numbers for November...
View ArticleAnswering Your Questions On The Fiscal Cliff
We asked listeners what they wanted to know about efforts to head off the package of tax hikes and spending cuts set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2012. Today, we get answers from Scott Horsley, Tamara...
View ArticleSchool District Owes $1 Billion On $100 Million Loan
More than 200 school districts across California are taking a second look at the high price of the debt they’ve taken on using risky financial arrangements. Collectively, the districts have borrowed...
View ArticleSign Of The Times: Labor Strikes May Make Comeback
When clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach reached an impasse in talks with management over job security last week, they took what has become something of a rare step: They went...
View ArticleA Good Jobs Report Might Be Bad For The Jobless
Enlarge David Goldman/AP Judy Smith, of Dalton, Ga., looks over paperwork as she files for unemployment benefits in August after being laid off from a catering job. More than 2 million people who get...
View ArticleSpain’s Economic Woes Take A Toll On The Media
Enlarge Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images El Pais journalists demonstrate outside the newspaper’s headquarters in Madrid last month. Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images El Pais journalists demonstrate...
View ArticleCrunching The Job Numbers
Host Michel Martin is joined by NPR Senior Business Editor Marilyn Geewax to look at the latest jobs numbers. They talk about why businesses big and small aren’t ready to make major hiring decisions...
View ArticleFiscal Cliff: Cutting the Untouchable?
A new Tell Me More series, ‘Why Not?’ takes a closer look at what’s on the table during the fiscal cliff negotiations. Host Michel Martin talks to NPR’s Scott Horsley and Dorothy Brown of Emory...
View ArticleTrying To Reform Nigeria Amid Family Kidnapping
A manhunt has been launched to find the mother of Nigeria’s Finance Minister who was kidnapped on Sunday. Crimes like kidnapping, online scams, and corruption are lucrative enterprises in Nigeria. Host...
View ArticleSpain’s Civil Servants Draw Grumbles, And Envy
Daniel Ochoa De Olza/AP People queue up at a government job center in Madrid this month. The unemployment rate in Spain now tops 25 percent, but many government workers still enjoy job security and...
View ArticleAre ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Conversations Going Anywhere?
President Obama is on the road, promoting his solution to the so-called “fiscal cliff.” He’s also in negotiations over the issue with House Speaker John Boehner. But can they come to an agreement in...
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