David McPherson, president of financial planning firm Four Ponds Financial, talks with Tess Vigeland about how investors can avoid another Bernie Madoff scenario.
China Gorman, an executive with the Society for Human Resource Management, talks with Tess Vigeland about the advice job placement counselors are giving recently laid-off workers.
The unemployment rate is still high at 10%, but job losses plunged in November. Economist Harm Bandholz talks about what the latest numbers mean with Bill Radke.
The Labor Department's reading on November unemployment will soon be released. Economists say job losses probably slowed last month. Amy Scott reports.
As President Obama convened his "jobs summit" with business and labor leaders there was plenty of news about the conundrum he's facing — a decline in the service sector and retail sales. So Bob Moon asked economic experts how we might jump-start the economy.
Comcast will pay just under $14 billion for a majority share of NBC Universal. New York bureau chief Amy Scott talks about the deal with Steve Chiotakis.
President Obama kicks off a summit in Washington to share ideas for tackling unemployment. New York bureau chief Amy Scott talks the details with Steve Chiotakis.
Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is proposing a first-of-its-kind tax on the tuition students pay to attend universities within the city's limits. Mark Noorbaar reports.
Economics correspondent Chris Farrell talks with Bill Radke about the college market, where enrollment is swelling right along with tuition — at a time when people can least afford it.
Protesters are commemorating one of the worst industrial disasters ever to take place. BusinessWeek reporter Mehul Srivastava talks with Steve Chiotakis about the Union Carbide gas leak on its 25th-year anniversary.
