Congress is taking another look at the government's workplace policies as it considers offering domestic partner benefits to federal employees. But the wording of some bills could leave room for fraud. Steve Henn reports.
Marketplace reporter Steve Henn figures his typical family breakfast journeys 6,000 miles to his kitchen table — a symptom of the growing global food trade. And the fossil-fuel cost of moving commodities across the planet keeps growing too.
Demand for container ships has been stuck in the doldrums, yet in Asia several big publicly-traded shipping companies are enjoying a boom in their stock price. Steve Henn reports.
A study on global workplace protections finds the U.S. falls short behind other countries in respect to things like guaranteed sick leave. Steve Henn reports the U.S. has a fear of a global competitive disadvantage.
The current U.S. credit limit is set at $12.1 trillion, and Congress will soon have to raise the legal limit on how much money the government can borrow. As Steve Henn reports, the administration is aiming for over $13 trillion.
