Charlie Herman

In areas of the city where New Yorkers don't have easy access to broadband, it can be difficult to find a job – or even a build a resume to get started. The New York City Housing Au...

A federal judge in New York is ordering MF Global to pay over $1.2 billion in restitution to customers, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Charlie Herman, business and economics editor for WNYC News, talks about this morning's confirmation hearing for Janet Yellen, nominated to head the Federal Reserve.

First there were pads and helmets. Now, there are blinking lights. The latest technology for protecting football players is a device called Checklight, which measures and displays the...

Minecraft is the mega-popular video game that is all about building. It's sort of like Legos for the digital set. John Keefe, head of WNYC's data news team, channeled his family's Min...

Want to transform into a reporter for the Jewish Times Gazette circa 1909? There's an app for that. 

'We can actually help here. We can actually develop programs, go into public schools and start teaching." according to Andrew Rasiej,  NY Tech Meetup.

He wants to find in a cheaper way to get to outer space.  He’s building a clock that ticks once a year.  Oh, and he’s also the CEO of  Amazon.  He is Jeff Bezos.

Renting a room or an apartment through the popular website Airbnb is easy to do and an easy way to make extra money.  And according to the state’s Attorney General, it’s also an easy way to avoid paying taxes.

John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate, discusses the latest on the fight in Washington over the government shutdown and raising the debt ceiling. NPR Congressional correspondent Tamara Keith also checks in from Washington, and WNYC's Business and Economics Editor, Charlie Herman, explains what the political uncertainty means for the markets.

 

New York-area hosts have received an email from AirBnB letting them know that the New York Attorney General has subpoenaed their personal information. Charlie Herman, Business and Economics Editor for WNYC News, and Matt Chaban of the Daily News explain the legal issues and what hosts can expect.

Scientists at the recently opened New York Genome Center eventually want to screen every child in New York State. But if doctors found that your child had a genetic disorder, would you want to know?