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Voices from Occupy Wall Street
Stacey Vanek Smith Oct 19, 2011
From unemployed college grads to homemakers, reporter Stacey Vanek Smith talks to the people who are protesting in Zuccotti Park.
U.S. steel industry shows signs of a turnaround
Brian Bull Oct 13, 2011
Natural gas and automotive industries are giving a boost to U.S. steel.
Juli Niemann: Corporations doing well, but it's not trickling down
Juli Niemann Nov 30, 2011
Juli Niemann, analyst at Smith, Moore and Company, explains why good corporate earnings news might not help the rest of us.
Nobel Prize in economics goes to two Americans
Stacey Vanek Smith Oct 13, 2011
Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims studied an issue central to our dilemma today: How government policies actually affect the real economy.
Two Americans win Nobel Prize in economics
Oct 13, 2011
Two Americans who focus on the correlation of the global economy with government policy will share this year's Nobel Prize for economics.
Are we in a recession?
Oct 13, 2011
How it is decided whether or not we're in a 'recession,' and if it matters at all what it's called.
Chris Low: U.S. economy is 'being held hostage' by eurozone crisis
Oct 10, 2011
FTN Financial economist Chris Low says that the positive jobs report out today is contributing to a slightly better economic outlook in the U.S., but markets won't recover until the problems in Europe are solved.
Where companies keep their cash
Oct 10, 2011
When companies talk of cash reserves, they're usually not referring to stacks of c-notes.
The economy as seen on a bus ride down Sunset Blvd.
Kai Ryssdal Oct 19, 2011
Kai Ryssdal rides a bus 26 miles through Los Angeles to see how the economy and our high unemployment rate is affecting everyday Americans.
Julia Coronado: The TARP legacy and debit card fees
Oct 6, 2011
Julia Coronado, chief economist at BNP Paribas, shows how far we have come since 2008, and why more debit card fees are probably on the horizon.
