Nov 01 Watch MF Global’s Risky Bets on Europe Backfire on Investors Major securities firm MF Global, Inc., run by former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday. Ray Suarez speaks with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera about the story and the investor money at stake. Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch With Debt Fix in Danger, Is it Europe’s ‘Lehman Moment’? World markets were shaken Tuesday by new fears that the European debt deal might come unglued. Jeffrey Brown discusses the move with a reporter in Athens and a market analyst. Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch Greece’s Call for Referendum on Bailout Sends Markets Tumbling Markets dropped Tuesday when Greece's leaders called for a referendum to the massive bailout package that emerged from an emergency summit last week. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Nov 01 A Recap of Paul Solman’s Inequality Chat Each week, Paul Solman gets dozens of questions from the audience, ranging from whether one should refinance a mortgage, if Stephen Colbert is coming after his job to where he buys his signature hats. Generally, we post… Continue reading
Nov 01 A Recap of Paul Solman’s Inequality Chat Each week, Paul Solman gets dozens of questions from the audience, ranging from whether one should refinance a mortgage, if Stephen Colbert is coming after Paul's job to where he buys his signature hats. Generally, we post… Continue reading
Nov 01 Greece Calls for Referendum on Bailout, Markets Fall Sharply By News Desk Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks during a press conference held at the end of a eurozone summit at EU headquarters in Brussels on Oct. 27. Photo by Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images. Greece's leaders have called for a referendum on the… Continue reading
Oct 31 The Inequality Dilemma Political cartoon satirizing U.S. economic equality and mobility by David Fitzsimmons. Reproduced with permission from Daryl Cagle's PoliticalCartoons.com. It's a welcome moment when we TV reporters get mail, since we usually talk to an invisible, mute audience. Continue reading
Oct 31 The Inequality Dilemma Political cartoon satirizing U.S. economic equality and mobility by David Fitzsimmons. Reproduced with permission from Daryl Cagle's PoliticalCartoons.com. It's a welcome moment when we TV reporters get mail, since we usually talk to an invisible, mute audience. It's… Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch 6:19 Wife, Son Give Texture to ‘the Way Madoff Kept Them in the Dark’ Nearly three years after the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme scandal erupted, wife Ruth Madoff and son Andrew are telling their side of the story. Gwen Ifill and "Wizard of Lies" author Diana Henriques take a deeper look into the Madoff… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch For Undocumented Workers, It’s Not-so-Sweet Home Alabama Farmers, Workers Cope With Impact of Ala. Immigration Law… Continue watching