Jul 19 Country Singer Merle Hazard Tackles the Greek Debt Crisis By Paul Solman We here at Making Sen$e have long been fans of Nashville investment adviser Jon Shayne, who became known to us as Merle Hazard, the singer and author of country-and-western songs about economics. We featured snippets of his performances… Continue reading
Jul 19 Merle Hazard on the Greek Debt Crisis By Paul Solman We here at Making Sen$e have long been fans of Nashville investment adviser Jon Shayne, who became known to us as Merle Hazard, the singer and author of country-and-western songs about economics. We featured snippets of his performances in… Continue reading
Jul 19 Democrats Bank on Local Strategy to Help in Red States By Lee Banville According to conventional wisdom, it is going to be a bad year for Democrats. Historically the party of the president has lost seats in the mid-term, ugly fights over health care and the soaring deficit have owned media headlines and… Continue reading
Jul 19 Monday: Seep Detected Near BP Oil Well; Cap to Stay for Another 24 Hours Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Monday morning that BP will be allowed to keep the cap on the oil well in the Gulf of Mexico for another day despite a seep in the sea floor. BP… Continue reading
Jul 19 The Morning Line: Obama Keeps Jobless Benefits in Spotlight By David Chalian -- President Obama takes to the Rose Garden at 10:30 a.m. ET to continue his push for an extension of unemployment benefits for approximately 2 million long-term unemployed Americans. Just as he hammered away at Republicans in the Senate in… Continue reading
Jul 19 Watch What Will Financial Reform Mean for the Poorest? With President Obama set to sign financial reform legislation, much of the attention has been on the biggest U.S. banks lately. But what about lending practices that affect the poorest Americans? Hari Sreenivsan discusses the "poverty industry" with "Broke, USA"… Continue watching
Jul 19 Watch Will Greek Austerity Plans Buckle Under Pressure? As part of his ongoing reporting on Making Sense for financial news, Paul Solman examines -- with some country and western flair -- how Greece's debt woes began and what's being done to contain the problems from spreading throughout Europe… Continue watching
Jul 19 Watch Jobless Benefits Face Another Vote: Weighing Benefits vs. Deficit After two failed attempts, an extension of unemployment benefits is up for yet another vote Tuesday in the Senate. Jeffery Brown speaks with Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute and NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian for more. Continue watching
Jul 18 BP Says It Plans to Keep Well Cap Closed; Gulf Leak Ticker Stays Paused By News Desk A Transocean Ltd. Development Driller III rig works to drill a relief well to plug the damaged Macondo well; Derick E. Hingle/Bloomberg via Getty Images Updated 12:46 p.m. ET | BP said Sunday morning that tests on a 75-ton… Continue reading
Jul 17 Oil Well Testing to Continue for Additional 24 Hours By Maureen Hoch After two days of waiting and watching as a containment cap kept new oil from flowing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since a spill disaster began, officials decided Saturday to extend a test on BP's… Continue reading