Jun 29 Google Stops Redirect for Chinese Users In an effort to keep its license to operate in China, Google will stop automatically rerouting mainland China users to an uncensored version of its search engine, the company announced late Monday. Under the previous configuration google.cn users… Continue reading
Jun 29 Web Extra: Taleb and Roubini on Government Intervention Paul Solman: While we were interviewing America’s two most prominent doomsters a few weeks ago, Nassim “Black Swan” Taleb and Nouriel “housing crisis” Roubini, the two got into an argument. It was friendly enough — they admire each other —… Continue reading
Jun 29 Nassim Taleb Answers Viewer Questions Editor’s Note: Last week, we aired an interview with economists Nassim Taleb and Nouriel Roubini. Afterward, the two agreed to answer some viewer questions on this site. Unfortunately, due to an unexpected scheduling conflict, Nouriel Roubini was unable… Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch News Wrap: Stocks Plunge Over Consumer Confidence Concerns In other news Tuesday, Wall Street dropped following a wave of new worries about consumer spending and overseas sell-offs. Also, President Barack Obama voiced confidence about the fate of the financial regulatory reform bill even without the vote of late… Continue watching
Jun 28 States, Communities Struggling With Medical Marijuana Regulations By Lee Banville Whether it's the LAPD attempting to close 400 of the city's marijuana dispensaries or Montana adding nearly 20 percent more card-carrying medical marijuana users just last month, states and municipalities are struggling this summer with legislating about medical pot. Some… Continue reading
Jun 28 Are Treasury Bonds a Safe Haven? Question: Re: your recent interview with Nouriel Roubini on sovereign debt and the possibility of a U.S. government bond default, would inflation linked U.S. Treasury bonds be a safe haven? Paul Solman: As I’ve written here before,… Continue reading
Jun 28 At the G20, a Debate Over Spending and Budget Cuts By Larisa Epatko At the conclusion of the weekend's G20 summit in Canada, countries agreed to cut their deficits over the next three years in order to stabilize the global economy, but maintain flexibility to decide on their own how to do so. Continue reading
Jun 25 Why Don't Equity Funds and Large Companies Invest in Small Businesses? Editor’s Note: This post continues a conversation begun yesterday about Paul Solman’s recent report on the small business credit crunch — which included a scene of “chicken chase” that some viewers found upsetting. Question: I like chickens too… Continue reading
Jun 25 After Long Haul, a Deal on Financial Reform Legislation It took all night to do it -- not to mention the many months that have passed since the emergence of the financial crisis of 2008 -- but negotiators in the House and Senate approved a financial reform… Continue reading
Jun 25 Global Leaders Meet at Back-to-Back Economic Summits By Larisa Epatko Leaders of some of the world's largest economies are meeting in Canada over the weekend to focus on nurturing the global economic recovery and facilitating international security and aid. Continue reading