May 27 Conversation: Jonathan Galassi, President of Book Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux By Molly Finnegan On Tuesday, a panel of publishers, book agents, authors and booksellers kicked off Book Expo America 2010 -- the major annual U.S. publishing convention and exposition held in New York each year -- by asking a fundamental, but newly challenging… Continue reading
May 27 The Ongoing Credit Crunch Paul Solman: Conservative economist Ed Yardeni, whom I cited earlier this week, wrote Thursday morning about an issue that we address on the NewsHour soon: the continued “credit crunch” — unavailability of bank loans — in our supposedly recovering… Continue reading
May 27 What Is the Next Sick Economy of Europe? Attention has shifted from the financial troubles in Greece to other troubled euro zone countries. Debt concerns in countries such as Spain, Italy, and Britain continue to jitter global markets, even as those countries consider new austerity measures to… Continue reading
May 27 Watch News Wrap: Manhunt for Drug Kingpin Continues in Jamaica In other news Thursday, at least 73 people have died in Jamaica during four days of gun battles between police and supporters of accused drug kingpin Christopher Coke and the president of Sudan was sworn in for another five-year term… Continue watching
May 26 What's Going on in Europe? Paul Solman: A departure from the usual Q-and-A format this morning to address an issue on the minds of many: what’s going on in Greece…and Europe? Conservative economist Ed Yardeni, whom we’ve consulted from time to time over the years,… Continue reading
May 26 Memo Suggests Warning Signs Were Ignored Ahead of Rig Explosion A House panel investigating the Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico says that during the hours that led up to the rig explosion, there were a series of missed and ignored warning signs that… Continue reading
May 26 Hardship Index Shows Joblessness Drops, Foreclosures Increase In an election year, the party in power ultimately lives or dies on the state of the economy -- or so goes the conventional wisdom. So, with a little less than six months before voters go to the polls, how… Continue reading
May 26 Facebook Set to Roll Out New Privacy Controls Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be rolling out simplified privacy controls Wednesday. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Facebook will unveil new, easier-to-use privacy controls Wednesday, a company executive announced on Tuesday. The announcement comes after heavy… Continue reading
May 25 Gulf Coast Oil Leak: What Are Your Suggestions? By Hari Sreenivasan As the Gulf Coast oil leak continues, we want to hear your thoughts on the best way to stop the spill and also how to clean up the oil that has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Continue reading
May 25 Are Commodity Prices in for a Decline? Question: Do you think we are in a long-term commodity boom, or will the rise in commodity prices come to an end if China suffers a set-back, as Marc Faber seems to think will happen later this year? Paul… Continue reading