Jul 01 Dudley: BP, Government Researching Options in Case Relief Wells Don't Work By News Desk Updated 5:44 p.m. | In an exclusive live online interview with the NewsHour's Ray Suarez, BP's chief of Gulf Coast restoration Bob Dudley said the company and the U.S. government are exploring "at least two options to divert the flow"… Continue reading
Jul 01 A Chat With the Prime Minister of Greece Paul Solman: Just had an extended chat with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou here in Athens, where we’ve come (from Spain) on a trip to look at the European economic crisis in the last two letters of the so-called… Continue reading
Jul 01 Thursday: Kagan Hearings Come to a Close; BP Exec to Answer Your Questions Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan speaks with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., before leaving Wednesday's confirmation hearing. (Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images) Elena Kagan is on her way to confirmation as Supreme Court justice, with the questioning… Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch As Greek Protests Continue, Prime Minister Says Economic Shift Is 'Daunting' As part of his ongoing series of reports making sense of financial news, Paul Solman talks with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou about the country's debt crisis and its impacts on the global economic recovery. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Despite BP Spill, Brazil Pushes Forward With Oil Drilling Boom In a report from Brazil, Margaret Warner examines how the country is pursuing deepwater oil drilling even as the Gulf of Mexico spill raises new environmental concerns about the risks involved. Continue watching
Jun 30 How Will the Unequal Distribution of Wealth in the U.S. Affect Economic Recovery? Question: If the USA has the largest unequal distribution of wealth of any industrial nation, what will this do for the recovery? Paul Solman: Intriguing question. There are those who argue that the crisis… Continue reading
Jun 30 Ask BP Exec Bob Dudley Your Questions for a Live Interview Thursday By News Desk On July 1 at 3:30 p.m. ET, senior correspondent Ray Suarez will moderate a live Q&A session between BP's Bob Dudley, the executive now in charge of the company's oil leak response, and you. Google, YouTube and the… Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch News Wrap: House Passes Financial Reform; Senate Vote Pending In other news Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a compromise on a federal regulatory reform bill after a $19 billion fee on large banks and hedge funds was dropped from the legislation. Also, a former top executive at AIG… Continue watching
Jun 30 In Reporting on Oil Spill, Limits Persist on Media Access in the Gulf By Bridget Desimone Health Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser and I spent last week reporting the health impact of the oil spill in Plaquemines Parish -- Louisiana's southernmost parish, where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico. During that time… Continue reading
Jun 29 Democrats Adjust Financial Reform Bill in Bid to Pick Up Votes After losing critical votes on financial reform legislation, Democrats scrambled late Tuesday to win over a handful of Republican votes by taking the unusual step of re-opening a conference committee meeting and changing how the costs of the bill… Continue reading