Jun 21 Monday: Safety Lapses Found on Oil Rig; Israel Approves New Gaza Policy Smoke rises from controlled oil burns on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. Photo by Derick E. Hingle/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Two reports out Monday show critical safety lapses on the Deepwater Horizon before it exploded on April… Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch Amid Hopes of Economic Recovery, Small Businesses Battle Credit Crunch In his ongoing series of reports making sense of economic news, Paul Solman examines the struggles of companies to gain enough credit to stay afloat as lending remains tight. Continue watching
Jun 18 Shields and Brooks on BP CEO Hearing, Immigration Debate, Lakers, World Cup By Hari Sreenivasan Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks swung by the newsroom after the Friday broadcast to ponder a litany of subjects, including the apparent winners and losers at Thursday's hearing with BP CEO Tony Hayward, along with comments by… Continue reading
Jun 18 Barton on the Hot Seat: Looking Back at His Carbon Comments By Judy Woodruff A controversial comment by veteran Texas Rep. Joe Barton, the ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, reminded us of an interview we did with him earlier this year. On Thursday, Barton startled many in… Continue reading
Jun 18 Friday: Hayward, Barton Suffer Fallout; Obama Readies for G-20 Summit A day after BP chief executive Tony Hayward appeared before a congressional hearing on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, reaction to his testimony has been unsurprisingly critical -- he "mastered the art of saying very little… Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch Tensions Flare Between U.S., China After Push for Revalued Currency The Obama administration has placed pressure on China to revalue its currency, creating economic tensions between the two countries. Ray Suarez sits down with C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, about this latest turn of… Continue watching
Jun 17 Liveblogging the Tony Hayward Hearing By News Desk The Rundown is covering Thursday's congressional subcommittee hearing on the oil leak (View complete coverage.), featuring testimony by BP CEO Tony Hayward. We'll offer updates (all times ET) and insights from the NewsHour news desk, as well… Continue reading
Jun 17 BP Begins 'Flaring' Oil in the Gulf By Chris Amico BP has started flaring, or burning, some of the oil it siphons out of the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico, the company reported this week. Energy giant BP PLC said it had burned 52,500 gallons… Continue reading
Jun 17 Do Federal Statistics Mask the True Unemployment Rate? Question: You are already in depression territory, not approachment. The statistic from the BLS is one of the reasons the economic crisis went undetected for so long — an economic indicator that is deceptive. Continue reading
Jun 17 Blueprint America: Dubuque's Move From Gambling to Green Lab The Blueprint America series on infrastructure -- a collaboration with WNET -- has taken us to several places around the country over the last several months: Chicago, San Francisco, and Detroit to name a few. On Thursday's… Continue reading