Reports from the Labor Department this morning show the U.S. created 216,000 jobs last month, sending the unemployment rate down to 8.8 percent. Jill Schlesinger, editor-at-large at CBS MoneyWatch, explains.
Today the Federal Reserve named the banks that borrowed money from its emergency "discount window" at the height of the financial crisis. Matt Winkler, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, explains why it's a momentous occasion.
The sudden resignation of Berkshire Hathaway exec David Sokol is raising questions around what it means to be a successor and whether anyone can really replace a CEO like Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs or Rupert Murdoch.
The New York Times' David Leonhardt discusses the tough choices the Federal Reserve faces regarding inflation and jobs, and why it isn't more worried about unemployment.
Kai Ryssdal reviews what listeners had to say about a story involving a program that brought Dutch farmers to Iowa and an interview with author Seth Godin where he said the Industrial Age is dying.
Job placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas announced today that U.S. job cuts fell 39 percent from a year ago, despite an uptick in government job cuts.
