Stretching Your Dollar: How Transparency Can Help Close the Gender Pay Gap
The fight for equal pay continues as women are still being paid less than men on average. Noreen Farrell, executive director at Equal Rights Advocates, joined 'Stretching Your Dollar' to talk about the pay disparity between men and women, progress made in pay parity and transparency when it comes to wages.
Stocks fell in the opening session Tuesday as earnings reports continued to pour in and as investors brace for the Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision on Wednesday.
A flow of recent data from the U.S. government has made one thing strikingly clear: A surge in consumer spending is fueling strong growth, demonstrating a resilience that has confounded economists, Federal Reserve officials and even the sour sentiments that Americans themselves have expressed in opinion polls.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning parents and caregivers not to buy or serve certain pureed fruit pouches marketed to toddlers and young children because the food might contain dangerous levels of lead.
