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Traditional measures of economic health show a tentative picture. Consumers are wary, job growth is stagnant and Wall Street is still holding its breath to see what happens with war in Iraq. Laura talks with Economist Dennis Delay and Ross Gittell, Professor of Management, Whittemore School of Business, UNH Durham http://pubpages.unh.edu/~rgittell, www.mba.unh.edu and Robert Whaples, Associate Professor of Economics at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C. www.wfu.edu.

When you're trying to start a business, a small infustion of cash can make a big difference.
That's the theory behind micro-credit, an organization that tries to give entrepreneurs a boost.
NHPR's Trish Anderton is following one Colebrook couple through the process of starting a business.
In the second installment in her series, she looks at one way to raise needed cash.

After taking office, one of Governor Craig Benson�s first decisions was to not assign staffers traditional titles and duties. Instead, Benson put together what he calls a �virtual team.� Some of whom are not paid with state money. According to the Benson administration, these workers are volunteers�..and therefore their qualifications are not really the public�s business. The New Hampshire democratic party begs to differ�.And is demanding Benson release details about the backgrounds and duties of several �virtual team� members. The dispute raises questions about executive branch accountability, and the publics� right-to-know. NHPR�s Josh Rogers reports.