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Weekly Wrap: Is it still the economy, stupid?
Kai Ryssdal Sep 21, 2012
Reviewing the week's headlines on Wall Street and beyond. This week: between 47 percent of Americans and Romney's tax returns, are we still talking about the economy?
Income level way down the list of presidential predictors
Kai Ryssdal Sep 20, 2012
Frank Newport of Gallup drops by to school us on just what factors truly effect how we vote for the president. Spoiler alert: gaffes like Romney's "47 percent" aren't one of them.
The safest jobs in the U.S.
David Gura Sep 20, 2012
Today the U.S. government gives us a list of the most-dangerous jobs. What are the safest?
Long-term unemployed face changing workplace
Krissy Clark Sep 12, 2012
Being out of work for a long time is tough. Going back to work after a long absence can be almost as challenging to catch up in today's fast-changing work environment.
'Young Guns' target Democratic House races
Rachael Marcus Sep 11, 2012
Outside spending spree spreads to lower chamber in a big way.
When the unemployed stop looking for jobs
David Gura Sep 7, 2012
Discouraged workers give up after months of fruitless job seeking.
Obama adviser Alan Krueger on the August jobs report
Stacey Vanek Smith Sep 7, 2012
The chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers talks about the president's plans for the future.
U.S. adds 96,000 jobs in August, unemployment drops to 8.1%
Mitchell Hartman Sep 7, 2012
The August jobs numbers come below expectations, though the unemployment rate drops to 8.1 percent.
Waiting for the big jobs report
Mitchell Hartman Sep 7, 2012
August job creation may have been good. But it's not clear any improvement can change voters' minds now.
Planned layoffs drop to lowest level in two years
Jeremy Hobson Sep 6, 2012
According to job placement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas, the number of planned layoffs at U.S. companies dropped 37 percent from a year ago.
