In the News

Where Are You On This One?

November 8, 2009
Should kids who kill get life without parole? The U.S. Supreme Court announced it'll wrestle with it next session. Meanwhile -- some video, and our reporting...
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Branded by War

November 6, 2009
On this Veteran's Day, Nov. 11th, Americans and the U.S. military are more aware than ever of war's impact on the soldier. View--
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Update

Kahrdinal Sins

November 2, 2009
--a response to Andrew Kahr by Jim Blaine, State Employees' Credit Union, North Carolina Andrew Kahr sure takes Messieurs Bubb and Kaufman to task in his blog response! Perhaps he should be more gentle, a bit more patient. After all, Bubb and Kaufman are admittedly just young, budding, novice economists; give them some space, surely their worst work still lies ahead! Actually, I was well pleased with both the tone and stridency of Mr. Kahr's rebuttal. Having watched his interview on FRONTLINE's 2004 program, Secret History of the Credit Card, I had always assumed that Mr. Kahr's views had been...
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Look Back

November 1, 2009
A year ago, Obama was elected president, and we aired a report on his life and career. Stats show this is the most watched section from that film...
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In the News

Madoff Saga

October 29, 2009
The scandal's newest number? $21 billion lost by investors. View inside-the-operation stories as told by Madoff's earliest feeder (late '60s), Michael Bienes. One of our most fascinating interviews ever!
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Update

Still Waiting: Unfair and Deceptive Credit Card Practices Continue

October 29, 2009
"I think this new Pew report -- just out this week -- says it all." --Lowell Bergman, correspondent for the FRONTLINE/New York Times joint report The Card Game, airing November 24th. One hundred percent of credit cards offered online by the leading bank card issuers continue to include practices that will be outlawed once legislation passed in May takes effect next year, according to a new report by the Pew Health Group's Safe Credit Cards Project. The report also found that advertised credit card interest rates rose an average of 20 percent in the first two quarters of 2009, even...
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Inside FRONTLINE

The Making of 'Obama's War'

October 28, 2009
We've just put up some compelling behind-the-scenes footage and commentary from the producers of this acclaimed report. VIew it here--
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Flashback

Karadzic's War Crimes

October 26, 2009

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Update

Andrew Kahr's Response to Bubb and Kaufman

October 21, 2009
--Kahr is a financial services consultant Ryan Bubb and Alex Kaufman are wrong Whatever the merits of its other provisions, the new credit card legislation will not make bank pricing either more economical for consumers, or fairer to us. On the contrary, consumers will get less satisfaction from the more restricted set of card offers that will be available. Late payers will pay less in fees, and those who pay on time will pay more. People who borrow and don't pay are not, as Bubb alleges, paying for my vacation. Rather, they increase the rates and fees you and I...
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Update

A Fairer Credit Card? -- Priceless

October 21, 2009
--from Ryan Bubb and Alex Kaufman, doctoral candidates in economics at Harvard Industry representatives would have you believe that the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act enacted in May spells the end of the credit card as we know it. President Obama's proposal last week to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency to enforce the law has increased the industry's concerns. But the example of cards issued by credit unions puts the lie to these claims. Credit unions largely conform to the new rules already, while profitably maintaining the basic features that users know and love. The credit card...
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