Apr 14 Watch News Wrap: Fed Warns Congress to Rein in National Debt In other news Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress and the President to begin reining in the deficit and a series of powerful earthquakes killed at least 400 people in western China. Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch Obama Presses for Financial Overhaul as Senate Fight Looms President Obama made a case for overhauling the nation's financial system today, in an attempt to win action in the Senate. Jeffrey Brown talks to financial experts for more on a reform bill's prospects. Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch Tracking Tax Dollar Spending in Florida In our continuing Spotlight City series about how people view the government, Judy Woodruff reports from Tampa on tracking Florida's federal tax dollars and the debate about how they are spent. Continue watching
Apr 13 Tampa Dispatch: Jamaica Native Hopes Green Card Will Open Door to a Job TAMPA, Fla. | On Monday's NewsHour, we heard Jennifer's Orr-Bryan's story of struggling to find work and keep her home as part of our look at how the economic downturn has rippled through our Spotlight City state… Continue reading
Apr 13 Spotlight City Highlights Floridians' Varied Views on Health Reform By Lea Winerman NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser and producer Terry Rubin recently traveled to Tampa, Fla., to sample residents' range of opinions on the new health care reform law. Their story is part of the NewsHour's "Spotlight City"… Continue reading
Apr 13 Former WaMu Exec: Bank Excluded from 'Too Clubby to Fail' Group The former CEO of Washington Mutual came under tough questioning in a Senate hearing Tuesday, as accusations of mortgage fraud and the selling off of questionable loans emerged from a report by a subcommittee investigating the causes of the… Continue reading
Apr 13 Follow-Up on Florida Unemployment Report Question: In a recent segment, you interviewed a man from Florida whose unemployment benefits were denied, I believe, because he failed to submit a form in a timely manner. His only notification was a letter from the unemployment office. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch Bank Chiefs Take Heat on Capitol Hill Over Foreclosure Crisis With more than three million homeowners facing foreclosure this year, banking executives testified before a House committee about why relief isn't reaching individuals in need. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Apr 12 Florida Prof: State's 'Adolescent' Economy Is Still Growing Up By Quinn Bowman Florida is used to visitors - some come to see Disney World, while others relocate to the Sunshine State after they retire. According to University of Central Florida economist Sean Snaith, the state's economy has depended on constant population… Continue reading
Apr 12 Is It Fair to Describe Corporations as Sociopaths? Question: You recently said that someone’s referring to big banks as ‘sociopathic’ was perhaps ‘over the top’. But have you seen the excellent 2004 Canadian documentary, The Corporation? If not, you should. Doesn’t it make a convincing… Continue reading