Nov 19th, 2008 · The Census Bureau is recruiting people to help with the next big population count — the 2010 Census. It's hiring about 140,000 workers to help update address lists. After the census is mailed out in 2010, the bureau plans to hire about one million people to follow up with residents who don't mail back the form.
Nov 13th, 2008 · The slowing economy is hitting Renault and other European automakers, forcing them to slash production. In the French car racing town of Le Mans, the temporary shutdown at the Renault factory has many worried about the future.
Nov 10th, 2008 · Since June, more than 6,000 applications have been written for the iPhone, and a very large percentage of them are games. One developer in San Francisco, who has launched iPhone games like Mazefinger, called starting his company "temporary insanity."
Oct 1st, 2008 · The Chicago Cubs are in the playoffs, seeking their first World Series in 100 years. We're not saying that Cubs fans might have trouble restraining themselves. We don't have to. The city of Chicago says it. The city persuaded bar owners to a temporary ban on alcohol around the Cubs' Wrigley Field. It also applies to the White Sox' U-S Cellular Field. In either case, if there's a title-clinching game coming to an end, area bar taps go dry.
Sep 19th, 2008 · The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a temporary ban on short selling 799 financial industry stocks. Investors short a stock when they think it's more likely to go down than up. The move is a bid to calm jittery financial markets.
Sep 19th, 2008 · The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced a temporary ban on certain types of short-selling or betting that a stock's price will fall. Wall Streeter Barry Ritholtz argues that the SEC action reverses 1,000 years of theory about how free markets should work.
Sep 18th, 2008 · Federal investigators say a Metrolink commuter train engineer was sending text messages when he ran a stop signal and slammed into an oncoming freight train. It has prompted California to pass a temporary ban on train operators from using their cell phones while on the job.
Sep 18th, 2008 · Joseph Arthur is a versatile and prolific rocker. In addition to playing music, his humanitarian efforts have helped bring art, music and more to children in Northern Uganda refugee camps. For all his sterling credentials, Arthur remains easygoing and casual in this session on WFUV.