Sep 29 Watch Release of Fisherman Reflects China's Rising Economic, Military Power Over the weekend, China flexed its economic and military power when Japan gave into demands by releasing a trawler captain. Margaret Warner examines China's growing assertiveness in the region. Continue watching
Sep 29 In Europe, Protesters Rail Against Budget Cuts By Larisa Epatko Tens of thousands of protesters marched Wednesday in Brussels and trade unions planned strikes in Spain over planned austerity measures that are aimed at preventing an economic crisis in Europe, though critics say they would harm the poor. Continue reading
Sep 29 Is Life Expectancy Changing Due to Our Terrible Economy? Name: Curt Carpenter Two questions: 1. Does the economic disaster of the last two years show up in our demographic data yet? (Life expectancies, birth rates and so on.) 2. What would a real economic collapse in the U.S. Continue reading
Sep 29 Wednesday: In Europe, Terror Plot Uncovered, Anti-Austerity Protests British police officers on patrol in London on Wednesday. Photo by Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images. Security officials is Europe say a terror plot to wage a shooting spree in Britain, France and Germany is still a threat and authorities are… Continue reading
Sep 28 On The No-Brainer Issue of Owning a Home Paul Solman: Since the 70s, it’s been a no-brainer. Buy or rent? Buy, of course. You’ll be making an investment instead of just paying off some landlord. And besides, you’ll get an income tax break on the money you borrow… Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch Recession Ushers in Widest Income Inequality Gap on Record The U.S. now has the greatest disparity between the rich and the poor within Western industrialized countries, new Census data show. Timothy Noah of Slate magazine and Howard University professor Roderick Harrison looks at the growing income gap in America. Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch News Wrap: Consumers, CEOs Hold Gloomier Economic Outlook A business research group reported that U.S. consumers and business executives have a pessimistic outlook for the future, noting consumer confidence was the lowest since February. Continue watching
Sep 28 A Fresh Look: Rent Now, Buy Later? We asked Paul Solman to weigh in on whether to rent or buy: Since the 70s, it's been a no-brainer. Buy or rent? Buy, of course. You'll be making an investment instead of just paying off some landlord. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch To Rent or to Buy? Housing Market Leaves No Easy Answers Housing prices showed signs of stabilizing in July, but worries remain in many parts of country about the pros and cons of homeownership. Jeffrey Brown gets two views on homeownership versus renting from Jack Hough of SmartMoney magazine and Karl… Continue watching
Sep 27 Update | Lehman Art Auctions Better Than Expected Paul Solman: As a follow up to Friday’s Lehman Brother’s art collection video, this video looks at how some of the pieces actually fared on Sotheby’s auction block. Continue reading