Nov 16 Watch Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Executives’ Bonuses Draw Rebuke From Lawmakers The compensation practices at two government-controlled mortgage giants came under heavy fire on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Margret Warner discusses what accounts for executive bonuses at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with Politico's Josh Boak and The Wall Street Journal's… Continue watching
Nov 16 Woodruff: Florida School Aims to Buck Economic Downturn As much as I love living and working in Washington, D.C., I've always believed you can't really know how the country's doing unless you spend time with people who don't live here. Right now, we in the national capital… Continue reading
Nov 16 NewsHour Connect: Supercommittee Fast-Tracks New Farm Bill By Saskia de Melker Every five years Congress passes a bundle of legislation related to food and agriculture, the last of which was passed in 2008. The bill allocates hundreds of billions of dollars for everything from crop subsidies and forest protection to… Continue reading
Nov 16 Is America a Loan Shark or a Borrowing Walrus? By Paul Solman Paul Solman frequently answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users here on his Making Sen$e page. Wednesday's query is answered first by Paul, and further down by Yoram Bauman, our frequent economist contributor from China: Name:… Continue reading
Nov 16 Is America a Loan Shark or a Borrowing Walrus? Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Wednesday's query is answered first by Paul, and further down by Yoram Bauman, our frequent economist contributor… Continue reading
Nov 16 Supercommittee Edging Toward Failure By Terence Burlij Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, co-chair of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, was not optimistic of a deal on Tuesday. Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. After another day of private meetings and negotiations on Capitol Hill,… Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch Congressional Deficit Panel Gridlock Persists as Deadline Nears Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill still seemed miles apart on a deficit-reduction agreement on Tuesday, with just eight days to go before a self-mandated deadline. Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch What’s Next for Occupy Wall Street Protests After Judge Bars Camping in Park? New York City police routed anti-Wall Street protesters from their campsite early Tuesday, and hours later, city officials won a court ruling that backed up their move. Jeffrey Brown discusses the legal arguments involved in the New York protests with… Continue watching
Nov 15 The Allure of Fool’s Arbitrage Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Tuesday's query: Name: Eriks Blaschka Question: My smart colleague told me that he would be… Continue reading
Nov 15 The Allure of Fool’s Arbitrage Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Tuesday's query: Name: Eriks Blaschka Question: My smart colleague told me that he would be happy… Continue reading