Aug 10 Watch Neil Barofsky Lauds Barney, Blasts Dodd-Frank Former TARP cop Neil Barofsky explains why he thinks the big banks should be broken up. Continue watching
Aug 10 What’s the Best Way to Fund a College Fund? The 2012 Vassar College Commencement in Poughkeepsie, New York. Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Friday's query comes from… Continue reading
Aug 10 What’s the Best Way to Fund a College Fund? The 2012 Vassar College Commencement in Poughkeepsie, New York. Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Friday's query comes from a… Continue reading
Aug 09 Watch Utah Makes Deal For Private Gas Drilling on Pristine Public Land Utah Makes Deal For Private Gas Drilling on Pristine Public Land… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch Increase in New Foreclosures Rate Shows Some Fragility in Housing Market Increase in New Foreclosures Rate Shows Some Fragility in Housing Market… Continue watching
Aug 09 Neil Barofsky on ‘Foaming the Landing’ for Banks EmbedVideo(4107, 620, 384); On Making Sen$e this week we've been featuring outtakes from my interview with top TARP cop Neil Barofsky, appointed by President Bush and retained by President Obama to prevent fraud in the… Continue reading
Aug 09 Building a Natural Gas Fleet? Infrastructure Not Included EmbedVideo(4105, 482, 304); By 2008, the pressure to switch from diesel to natural gas was growing at the United Parcel Service shipping facility in Denver. A new technology called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" promised to drastically increase… Continue reading
Aug 09 Neil Barofsky on ‘Foaming the Landing’ for Banks EmbedVideo(4107, 482, 304); On Making Sen$e this week we've been featuring outtakes from my interview with top TARP cop Neil Barofsky, appointed by President Bush and retained by President Obama to prevent fraud in the… Continue reading
Aug 09 July Foreclosure Data Offers Mixed Messages Last month, the foreclosure process was initiated on 98,174 homes -- a 6 percent increase from July 2011. At the same time, overall foreclosure activity in July was down 10 percent from the same month last year, according to reports. Continue reading
Aug 09 Watch Neil Barofsky on ‘Foaming the Landing’ for Banks Neil Barofsky talks about how Treasury's "save the banks" mentality was destructive. Continue watching