(August 30th, 2007)
The price of gold has more than doubled in recent years, but that hasn’t translated to double the profits for producers and certainly not double the salary for workers. But they are getting 8 to 10 percent raises. Gretchen Wilson reports.
(August 29th, 2007)
Oil-consuming countries want OPEC to put more oil on the market to drive down prices. OPEC really has no interest in that and is quick to point out that refinery constraints in places like the U.S. are the real stopgap. Gretchen Wilson fills us in.
(August 27th, 2007)
A South African group has added a twist to its mircofinancing practice by providing additional training to its entrepreneurs — which is allowing some women to say “no” to their husbands for the first time. Gretchen Wilson reports.
(August 23rd, 2007)
Two months ago, in an attempt to stem breakneck inflation, Zimbabwe’s government ordered businesses to freeze prices. Since then, it’s been crippled by a shortage of basic goods, and inflation shows no sign of slowing, Gretchen Wilson reports.
(August 9th, 2007)
Women make up 80 percent of Africa’s subsistence farmers and food traders, but most have nowhere to save what little money they earn. One group has an idea to help change that: an African women’s bank. Gretchen Wilson has details.
(August 8th, 2007)
The subprime mortgage meltdown is making it harder for nearly everyone to get loans, which makes a particular group of Massachusetts lenders all the more unusual. Gretchen Wilson reports.
(August 5th, 2007)
One profession that has managed to avoid much of the bloodshed in war-torn Sudan is camel trading. Camel traders spend much of the year traveling from one part of Sudan to another — along ancient migration routes traveled by their ancestors for centuries. They pass through the calmer areas of the Darfur region where violence [...]
