Mar 02 Watch Is the U.S. the Latest World Power in Decline? As part of his continuing series of reports examining the country's economic future, Paul Solman sits down with Yale historian Paul Kennedy to discuss the rise and fall of the U.S. and other great economic powers. Continue watching
Mar 01 Judge Decides Some Madoff Investors Not Entitled to Recovered Funds By Carolyn O'Hara A federal bankruptcy judge in Manhattan has sided with a trustee appointed by the court that investors with Bernard Madoff who took out more money from Madoff's investment firm than they put in over the years are not eligible… Continue reading
Mar 01 Congress Turns to Jobs and Finds a Frustrated Public It is hard to find a place in America where times are not harder than they were last year. Across all of the 12 community types in Patchwork Nation, unemployment has spiked dramatically in the last year. Tensions are high. Continue reading
Mar 01 Why Can't We Simply Add to the U.S. Debt Indefinitely? Question: I am told over and over that the federal debt will lead to inflation and that our children and grandchildren will have to pay it back. I have heard this so often that I am starting to doubt it. Continue reading
Mar 01 AIG to Sell Asian Unit for $35.5 Billion to UK's Prudential Embattled insurance giant AIG will sell its Asian life-insurance unit, AIA, to British insurance firm Prudential in a deal estimated at $35.5 billion. The deal will make Prudential the biggest insurance provider in several Asian countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia,… Continue reading
Mar 01 Monday's Headlines: High Court to Hear Former Enron Chief's Appeal By Tom LeGro The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling's appeal of his 2006 conviction for his role in the downfall of the Houston-based energy company. Skilling's attorneys argue that Enron's collapse into bankruptcy… Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch Colorado Budget Shortfalls Slash Services for Homeless Tom Bearden reports on the escalating problems with providing services for Colorado's homeless population as the state faces a $2 billion budget shortfall. Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch Prudential Nabs AIG's Asia Unit for $35 Billion After a liquidity crisis in 2008, insurance giant AIG is preparing for a $35 billion deal to sell its Asia unit to Britain's Prudential. Jeffrey Brown talks to Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times about AIG's attempts to… Continue watching
Feb 26 Paul Solman Moderates Debate on Higher Education and the Economy On Friday evening, NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman will moderate a Miller Center Debate on higher education and the economy. The panelists will debate whether the the U.S. workforce needs a dramatic increase in the number of college graduates… Continue reading
Feb 26 Paul Solman Moderates Debate on Higher Education and the Economy Editor’s note: On Friday evening, Paul will moderate a Miller Center Debate on higher education and the economy. The panelists will debate whether the the U.S. workforce needs a dramatic increase in the number of college graduates in order… Continue reading