Mar 04 Watch Other News: Markets Rise, Bombing Targets U.S. Air Base in Afghanistan World markets reacted positively to news of China's planned stimulus, and a suicide bomber targeted a U.S. air base in Afghanistan. Jim Lehrer recaps the day's other news headlines, including a report from Margaret Warner in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Mar 04 New Details Emerge on Mortgage Relief Plan By Admin, PBS News Hour The Obama administration on Wednesday announced new details on its $75 billion mortgage relief plan to help those in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure. Continue reading
Mar 04 Does the FDIC Really Protect My Deposits? Question: With as much debt as our government is in, does the FDIC really make my bank deposits safe? And if the FDIC had to pay millions of… Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch Europe Struggles for Consensus on Economic Recovery Britain's Gordon Brown met with President Barack Obama Tuesday and urged international cooperation to stem the global economic crisis. Analysts examine Europe's financial fallout. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch Government Officials Defend Economic Recovery Plans Facing criticism from some lawmakers, government officials defended their economic recovery plans. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Mar 03 Obama, Brown Praise Relations, Assess the Economic Crisis By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday hailed the "special relationship" between their countries as the two held talks on how to solve the economic crisis reverberating around the globe. Continue reading
Mar 03 Reversing Bush Rule, Obama Resumes Safeguards for Endangered Species By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he wants federal agencies to resume full scientific reviews of projects that could harm endangered wildlife and plants. Continue reading
Mar 03 Bernanke Defends AIG Rescue, Urges Quick Moves on Economy By Admin, PBS News Hour Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke advised moving "aggressively" to ease the economic crisis during testimony to lawmakers Tuesday while defending the government's latest moves to prop up troubled insurance giant American International Group. Continue reading
Mar 03 What's the Significance of the Dow Dropping Below 7,000 Points? By Business Desk Question: What’s the significance of the Dow dropping below 7,000? Paul Solman: Just another number. To the extent that people focus on it, however, it can have the effect of increasing the anxiety over stock prices, and lead to more… Continue reading
Mar 03 Why Does AIG Need Yet Another Bailout? Question: Why does AIG need yet another bailout? Paul Solman: As Joe Nocera and Frank Partnoy explained on Monday’s show, it’s all about the “counterparties.” These are the large financial institutions with whom… Continue reading