Lizzie O'Leary

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PODCAST: UPS's Christmas fail

Dec 26, 2013
UPS says the volume of packages exceeded its capacity and many customers didn't receive their deliveries on time. This month marks the third anniversary of the Arab Spring. And, as drivers increasingly take them off the putting green, sales of golf carts are expected to grow to $682 million this year.

Mexico's corruption problem

Dec 26, 2013
Corruption in Mexico was one of the focal points of President Enrique Peña Nieto's election campaign. But Transparency International hasn't given Mexico very high marks

PODCAST: Bleak prospects in the new year for the long-term unemployed

Dec 24, 2013
Long-term unemployment has not been this high for this long since World War II. And, Netflix comes out with its first original kids' program.

Mortgage applications drop after the Fed takes a little juice out of the bond market

Dec 24, 2013
Applications for home mortgages in the U.S. have dropped to a record low since the Federal Reserve announced its plans to slow its bond-buying program.

PODCAST: The first health care sign up deadline approaches

Dec 23, 2013
Who are the people who waited until the last minute to sign up for health insurance? Happy 100th birthday, Federal Reserve. And, holiday retail hiring is strong this year, but the vast majority of those jobs will disappear in the New Year.

Mish-mash of tax credits about to expire

Dec 13, 2013
This story about 55 tax breaks about to expire starts in an unlikely place: Barn 63 at the Belmont Race Track in Belmont, N.Y., at the stall of a pretty brown horse with a white star on her forehead.

The future of retail sales

Nov 29, 2013
If you're not crowding into a store today, it might be because personalized sales offers are coming to you.

Need an extra basketball timeout? That'll be $50,000

Nov 29, 2013
Our Final Note today comes from the world of basketball and loopholes.

Weekly Wrap: As goes housing, goes the economy? + #longreads

Nov 29, 2013
Cardiff Garcia from FT Alphaville and Bloomberg's Nela Richardson join Lizzie O'Leary to look back at the week's business news and forward at where the economy is going.

An economic turkey throwdown

Nov 28, 2013
You may know former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker as the guy who tamed inflation, but apparently, he cooks a mean Thanksgiving turkey.