Oct 21 The Role of Salesmen in the Subprime Mortage Mess A foreclosure sign stands outside a home in Winchester, Va. Photo by Jay Mallin/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e… Continue reading
Oct 21 The Role of Salesmen in the Subprime Mortage Mess A foreclosure sign stands outside a home in Winchester, Va. Photo by Jay Mallin/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Continue reading
Oct 21 Senate Blocks State Aid for Teachers, First Responders By David Chalian Fire fighters, police officers and teachers rallied at the Capitol this week for passage of the Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. President Obama's plan to break his $447 billion jobs bill into… Continue reading
Oct 20 What Happens to Bank Holdings if the Government Shuts Down? FDIC offices in Arlington, Va. Photo by Coolcaesar via Wikimedia Commons. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Thursday's query: Name: E.T. Continue reading
Oct 20 What Happens to Bank Holdings if the Government Shuts Down? FDIC offices in Arlington, Va. Photo by Coolcaesar via Wikimedia Commons. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Thursday's query: Name: E.T. Continue reading
Oct 20 The Housing Mess Drags on ... and on Renzo Salazar places a sign in front of a foreclosed home on Oct. 13 in Miami, Florida; Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images It is all but impossible to pinpoint one key problem in the U.S. economy -- manufacturing declines,… Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch Do Large Banks' Troubles Show They're Too Big to Manage? Goldman Sachs announced a $428 million quarterly loss Tuesday, just its second loss since going public in 1999. Jeffrey Brown discusses the state, the future and regulation of large American banks with banking industry consultant Bert Ely and Simon Johnson,… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch Greece Faces 'a Make or Break Moment' as Austerity Protests Swell Riots erupted Wednesday in Athens, Greece, as tens of thousands protested another round of tax hikes and spending cuts. Judy Woodruff gets an update on the riots, concerns over the nation's future job market and the physical toll that stress… Continue watching
Oct 19 The Ballad of a Would-Be, Too-Big-to-Fail Banker Our favorite country-western money manager, Harvard-trained Nashville econo-crooner Merle Hazard, has collaborated with brilliant lyricist Marcy Shaffer to produce his slickest video to date: the tuneful tale of a would-be banker who travels to Charlotte, N.C.,… Continue reading
Oct 19 The Ballad of a Would-Be, Too-Big-to-Fail Banker Our favorite country-western money manager, Harvard-trained Nashville econo-crooner Merle Hazard, has collaborated with brilliant lyricist Marcy Shaffer to produce his slickest video to date: the tuneful tale of a would-be banker who travels to Charlotte, N.C.,… Continue reading