Apr 28 Greek Crisis Spreads as Spain's Debt is Downgraded Spain on Wednesday became the third European nation in two days to see its debt rating downgraded, heightening investor angst about a spiraling fiscal crisis on the continent. The ratings agency Standard & Poor's slashed its rating of Spain… Continue reading
Apr 28 Making Use of Employees' Talents By Business Desk Editor’s note: On Wednesday’s NewsHour, Paul revisits a Missouri manufacturer that in this era of “too big to fail” has proven small enough to succeed. Part of the secret to its success? Prizing employees’ innovation alongside their efficiency. In this… Continue reading
Apr 28 Patchwork Nation: The Housing Market and the 'Real' Recovery By Dante Chinni Standing in the spring of 2010 looking around at the economy, we think it's worth asking: What does a recovery look like? There have been positive signs lately - the auto industry looks much better and consumer confidence… Continue reading
Apr 28 Wednesday: Markets Tumble Amid Debt Fears; Officials May Ignite Gulf Oil Spill A man looks at a stock indicator in Tokyo on Wednesday. The Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange finished the morning session down 276.67 points -- 2.47 percent. (Photo by Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images.) Global markets took a beating… Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch News Wrap: European Markets Reel as Spain's Debt Rating Slides In other news Wednesday, the European debt crisis escalated as Standard and Poor's credit rating agency downgraded Spain's debt, and the Federal Reserve said it will leave interest rates unchanged for the time being. Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch Manufacturer Goes Small in Era of 'Too Big to Fail' As part of his ongoing series of reports making sense of the economy, Paul Solman revisits a Missouri manufacturer that has proven small enough to succeed in the era of "too big to fail."… Continue watching
Apr 27 Live-blogging the Goldman Hearing The Rundown is following the congressional subcommittee hearing on Goldman Sachs Tuesday and offering updates and insights from the NewsHour news desk and economics correspondent Paul Solman, as well as frequent NewsHour guest Simon Johnson and smart… Continue reading
Apr 27 Senate Panel Examines Mine Safety After Deadly W.Va. Explosion The country's top mine safety expert was part of a panel that appeared Tuesday afternoon in a Senate hearing about the recent explosion that killed 29 West Virginia coal miners in the worst U.S. mining disaster in four… Continue reading
Apr 27 Live-blogging the Goldman Hearing Editor’s note: Paul is live-blogging the congressional subcommittee hearing on Goldman Sachs Tuesday. Read his comments here. Continue reading
Apr 27 Tuesday: Goldman CEO Set to Testify; Obama to Talk Economy in Midwest Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein will return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images.) Lloyd Blankfein is about to have a very difficult Tuesday. With public anger toward the financial industry at a rolling boil and… Continue reading