The National Transportation Safety Board today convened a panel looking at safety implications of code-sharing agreements between big airlines and smaller ones. Six of the last fatal airline crashes in this country involved smaller, regional carriers. And that's raised questions about how airlines book passengers with other carriers.
Case Schiller released their housing index today. The price of single family homes fell in August, and 15 out of 20 cities are down. Julie Niemann explains.
Ford just reported its sixth straight quarterly profit, with a 68 percent increase over last quarter. Meanwhile, the company says it will hire 1,200 new workers in Michigan if the state approves tax incentives.
First, to the bond market, where the government for the first time ever, is selling inflation protected Treasury Bonds, Tips — as they're known — at a negative yield. In English, investors paid the government for the opportunity to lend it money.
The U.S. Treasury sold bonds yesterday that effectively have a negative rate of return. That is, investors paid the government for the opportunity to lend it money. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
Some of us may think we're part of the "middle class" but what exactly does that mean? Find out what it takes to fall into that group and learn why other may be barely clinging to the status.
The U.S. job market is undergoing long-term, permanent changes. For the middle-class that means adapting to new demands, learning new skills, and in many cases finding a new career. Catch part one in our week-long series on the Future of Jobs.
"The Ghent Altarpiece" was painted over 600 years ago and may be the most significant artwork you've never heard of. Art historian Noah Charney writes about the painting and the many crimes against it in his new book and talks with Kai Ryssdal about why it's the most stolen artwork in history. Plus view a slideshow of the most wanted stolen artworks that are still missing.
As Election Day draws closer, there's a key group of people who kick into high gear: The communicators. Commentator and former communicator Nicolle Wallace gives an insider's view of the campaign communication war room.
Kai Ryssdal talks to Mike Konczal of the Roosevelt Institute and Dr. Richard Green of the University of Southern California's Lusk Center for Real-Estate about the consequences of a foreclosure moratorium.
