Apr 22 Text: Obama's Speech on Wall Street Reform By Maureen Hoch President Obama delivered a speech on Wall Street reform at Cooper Union in New York City Thursday. Following is the text of his remarks, as prepared for delivery and distributed by the White House. Continue reading
Apr 22 Thursday: Obama to Call for Wall Street Reform; Most European Flights Resume President Barack Obama speaks at Cooper Union in 2008 as a Democratic candidate. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Updated 12:00pm ET You can find the full text of President Obama's speech on Wall Street reform here. Posted… Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch BNY Mellon's Kelly: Financial Reforms Could Stifle Economic Recovery As Democrats and Republicans in the Senate prepare to tackle a sweeping bank overhaul, Judy Woodruff talks to Bank of New York Mellon CEO Robert Kelly about how the bill could reshape the country's financial system and his concerns that… Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch Summers: Bank Reforms Would Halt 'Too Big to Fail' Mentality As the Senate prepares to consider new financial regulations, Jeffrey Brown talks to White House financial adviser Larry Summers about whether reform efforts could prevent another financial meltdown. Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch News Wrap: Regular Air Traffic Resumes in Europe In other news Thursday, airlines resumed regular flight levels after severe delays caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland and an offshore oil platform sank into the Gulf of Mexico following a fire, raising fears of an oil spill. Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch Obama Asks Wall Street for Reform Support as Senate Battle Looms President Obama admonished Wall Street for fighting financial reforms as the Senate prepares to consider new regulations for the country's financial system. Judy Woodruff reports on reactions in the financial community. Continue watching
Apr 21 When Homeowners Facing Foreclosure Want to Pay to Stay Editor’s note: Paul has been reporting recently on the foreclosure crisis in Florida, and particularly on homeowners walking away from their underwater mortgages. In some cases, soon-to-be-foreclosed-on homeowners who want to stay in their homes are prepared to… Continue reading
Apr 21 New $100 Bill Gets a Facelift By Tom LeGro In the appropriately named Cash Room of the Department of the Treasury, Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios, along with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, unveiled a new design of the $100 bill… Continue reading
Apr 21 Wednesday: Obama to Discuss Supreme Court Pick; GM to Pay Off Loans A day after President Barack Obama took time out to wish retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens a very happy 90th birthday, he will resume the search for Stevens' successor Wednesday when he invites senators from both… Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch Hope Seen for U.S. Automakers as GM Repays Part of Bailout As General Motors begins paying back its loan from the U.S. government, Margaret Warner talks to a reporter with the Detroit News about the auto giant's prospects for recovery after last year's government bailout. Continue watching