The New York Times is reporting that investors are fleeing the stock market at a sharp pace in response to recent economic news. Wall Street trading took a two percent fall on Wednesday as employers have failed to add jobs to the hiring market at the previously predicted rate. In addition, other factors such as […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 51 Minutes. Audio©2011 WTLC/Radio One. Congressman Andre Carson spent nearly an hour talking with Afternoons with Amos listeners about Libya, jobs, the economy, getting the Justice Department more involved in issues of police abuse of power and civil rights violations in Indy, health care and lots more. Hear the complete […]
DETROIT — As more U.S. buyers head back into auto dealerships, automakers are jostling for their attention with sweetened deals.
Washington– Blacks are significantly more optimistic about what the future holds for them and the economy, according to a Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University poll conducted Jan. 27 – Feb.9. There was also a significant divide in how whites and blacks rated President Obama’s economic policies, with whites taking a far dimmer view than blacks.
White House officials expect Lawrence Summers to leave his job as the president’s National Economic Council director after November’s congressional elections, according to three people familiar with the matter.
 New applications for unemployment insurance reached the half-million mark last week for the first time since November, a sign that employers are likely cutting jobs again as the economy slows.
Audio Included in Post. Audio ©2009 WTLC/Radio One. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels talked frankly about the many issues confronting Indiana, from budget woes, to the economy, health care reform and much more in a two part interview. In Part Two, the Governor blasts the Senate’s health care reform deal, details his views on redistricting, his […]
Audio Included in Post. Audio ©2009 WTLC/Radio One. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels talked frankly about the many issues confronting Indiana, from budget woes, to the economy, health care reform and much more in a two part interview. In Part One, the Governor discusses the failed FSSA privatization experiment, Indiana’s economy and budget woes and what […]
Audio©2009 WTLC/Radio One. Check out for yourself our exclusive Afternoons with Amos interview with South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn. He’s the House Democratic Whip, third in the House Democratic hierarchy behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. Clyburn, the top African-American leader in Congress, spoke with me on a number of key issues.
A House-passed bill to speed $14 billion in loans to Detroit’s automakers stands on shaky ground in a bailout-weary Congress, undermined by Republican opposition that could derail the emergency aid in the Senate.
