Apr 26 Watch Goldman Sachs E-Mails May Fuel Senate Hearing Newly released e-mails from Goldman Sachs executives reveal new information about what the company may have known as the housing market fell. Ray Suarez talks to a New York Times reporter about the e-mails and Tuesday's Senate hearings. Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch Could Financial Reform Make Bailouts, 'Too Big to Fail' Less Likely? Financial reform legislation ran into a roadblock in the Senate Monday afternoon as Republicans blocked the start of debate on a plan backed by many Democrats. Gwen Ifill gets four points of view on the overhaul's road ahead in Congress… Continue watching
Apr 23 Mark Shields: Healthy Political Parties Should Welcome Converts, Moderates Syndicated columnist Mark Shields stopped by the Rundown Friday to talk with us about his latest column and the prospects for major financial reform and immigration reform legislation in Congress. New York Times columnist David Brooks joined us solo… Continue reading
Apr 23 Friday: Greece Formally Requests IMF-EU Bailout; Oil Rig Sinks in Gulf A poster next to a National Bank of Greece calls for civil servants to strike against austerity cuts. (Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images.) Greece's national debt crisis reached a tipping point Friday, as its prime minister formally asked the… Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch News Wrap: Debt-Saddled Greece Asks European Union, IMF for Bailout In other news on Friday, Greece officially asked the European Union and the International Monetary Fund for a bailout from its debt crisis, and a new wave of bombings targeting Shiite worshipers in Iraq killed 60 people. Continue watching
Apr 22 Gizmodo's Tale of New iPhone; Is New Droid Really 'Incredible'? Stop us if you've heard this one. So an Apple employee walks into a bar ... and walks out leaving behind what is believed to be the next generation iPhone. Long story short, tech blog Gizmodo paid for the… Continue reading
Apr 22 Summers on Importance of Financial Oversight, Curbing 'Too Big to Fail' By News Desk After President Obama spoke in New York City on Thursday about "common sense, reasonable" solutions to the problems that led to the financial crisis, correspondent Jeffrey Brown sat down with Lawrence H. Summers, the director of the National… Continue reading
Apr 22 South Florida: From Backwaters to Boom Towns Editor’s note: In Paul’s latest piece on strategic mortgage defaulters — people who are walking away from underwater mortgages even though they can often still afford to pay — he included an excerpt of a fascinating 2007 documentary produced… Continue reading
Apr 22 Obama: Reforms Would Put an End to Taxpayer Bailouts By Carolyn O'Hara _pap_embed_custom('news01s3e9cqe7c',482,304,""); President Obama traveled to New York City Thursday to deliver a speech outlining his goals for financial reform. As legislation rewriting the rules of Wall Street works its way through the Senate, Mr. Obama had tough words for the… Continue reading