Prepping for the V.P. debate: What we're reading
Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 14:11 SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages Tommy Munoz, a stand-in for Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan, and Ben Boone, a stand-in for U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, both students at Centre College, wave during a rehearsal for the vice presidential debate at the Norton Center at Centre College in Danville, Ky., Oct. 10, 2012. We're getting prepped to live blog the vice presidential debate tonight in Danville, Ky., at 9 p.m. EST. We'll have a live video stream from PBS NewsHour of the debate . Abortion, foreign policy and all sorts of stuff may be debated -- but we're paying particular attention to the economic issues, and here's what we've been reading to get ready: - Health care and Ryan's Medicare plan are widely anticipated to be heated topics on tonight's debate. Here's Marketplace's David Gura on whether the health care system really is a 'third rail' of politics in America. - It's become well-known that Paul Ryan is all about fitness and the popular ...
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Big Bank Epiphany: Adding New Fees May Be Bad For Business
Could 2013 be when big bank customers finally get some relief from the onslaught of fees they’ve weathered in recent years? According to some bank industry analysts, the answer is a qualified yes. Fees aren’t going away entirely, and the experts say penalty fees in particular will continue to creep higher, but a new regulatory climate in Washington has put banks on notice that piling on costs is not the best way to do business. “The whole landscape changed after the election,” says Ken Thomas, an independent bank consultant and economist. With Obama in the White House and celebrated Wall Street watchdog Elizabeth Warren in the Senate and likely within reach of a seat on the Senate Banking Committee, “regulators feel emboldened. They feel a new sense of purpose,” he says. “Banks want to do what they can to minimize complaints. They’re being a little more consumer sensitive than they were before.” After last year’s debit card fee debacle, in which Bank of America had to ...
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Forget the Fiscal Cliff: Why Obama Is in Asia
It might seem strange that newly re-elected President Barack Obama has chosen this moment to jet off to Asia. After all, he’s left a mess of problems back home. The White House is in the midst of tense negotiations with Republican Congressmen over a budget compromise to avoid the looming “fiscal cliff.” The nation is still smarting from a long and divisive election. And even in the realm of foreign policy, Asia doesn’t seem to be the priority right now, with a conflict escalating between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Obama isn’t even visiting Japan or South Korea, historically America’s most important allies in Asia, or landing in China to deal with Washington’s many economic issues with the world’s second largest economy. Instead, he’s attending a summit in Cambodia of the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and others from the region, and making the first visit by a U.S. President to Burma (also known as Myanmar). Over the weekend, he toured a Buddhist ...
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Forget the Fiscal Cliff: Why Obama is in Asia
It might seem a strange that newly re-elected President Barack Obama has chosen this moment to jet off to Asia. After all, he’s left a mess of problems back home. The White House is in the midst of tense negotiations with Republican Congressmen over a budget compromise to avoid the looming “fiscal cliff.” The nation is still smarting from a long and divisive election. And even in the realm of foreign policy, Asia doesn’t seem to be the priority right now, with a conflict escalating between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Obama isn’t even visiting Japan or South Korea, historically America’s most important allies in Asia, or landing in China to deal with Washington’s many economic issues with the world’s second-largest economy. Instead, he’s attending a summit in Cambodia of the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and others from the region, and making the first visit by a U.S. president to Burma (also known as Myanmar). Over the weekend, he toured a ...
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More US women than men have driver's license
As this month’s presidential election clearly demonstrated, there’s a significant demographic shift taking place in America – and you don’t have to check the voter rolls to confirm that. Simply look around you on the highway.
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