May 06 Thoughts on Thursday's Wild Market Ride By Paul Solman For anyone visiting my Making Sen$e page Thursday to find out why markets are quaking, allow me to repeat the phrase that ought to be the motto for this page, so often have I used it: Credit comes… Continue reading
May 06 After Trio of Primaries, a Cloudy View of 2010 Midterms By Dante Chinni In a year when politicians and analysts want a grasp on what, by most accounts, is a volatile electorate, this past Tuesday's primaries in Indiana, Ohio and North Carolina provided a chance to read the tea leaves. Alas, those… Continue reading
May 06 NewsHour Connect: The Flavor of Tea Parties Around the U.S. By Hari Sreenivasan Dante Chinni wrote a new post this week as part of the Patchwork Nation project on the composition of tea parties around the country and the diverse set of issues that do -- or do not -- bring… Continue reading
May 06 Watch Holder: NYC Bombing Suspect Still Cooperating Attorney General Eric Holder said the suspect in last weekend's failed Times Square bombing is continuing to cooperate with authorities investigating the plot and possible ties to extremists in Pakistan. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
May 06 Watch Britons Await Vote Tally Results Following Heated National Campaigns Voters in the United Kingdom headed to the polls Thursday to vote in a historically tight election, where control of Parliament was up for grabs. Simon Marks reports on the high turnouts and increased public interest marking this trip to… Continue watching
May 06 Watch Hung Parliament, Political Brinkmanship Anticipated After U.K. Election The votes are being counted in Britain's heated national elections, as three parties attempted to claim a majority in Parliament. Margaret Warner gets the latest after the close of the polls from reporter Ned Temko in London. Continue watching
May 05 Dodd and Shelby Strike Deal on Too Big to Fail After weeks of negotiations, Sens. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) reached a bipartisan agreement Tuesday that would put an end to taxpayer bailouts of large, systemically important financial firms. A proposed $50 billion fund that would have… Continue reading
May 05 Party Favorites Safe in First Round of 2010 Primaries in Indiana, Ohio, N.C. Voters in Indiana, Ohio, and North Carolina selected candidates in party primaries for three contested Senate seats Tuesday - the first multistate primary day in this year's midterm elections. Tuesday's races were a chance to see if primary voters were… Continue reading
May 05 Wednesday: Officials Probe Shahzad's Ties Overseas; Bear Stearns Execs on Hill A Pakistani policeman guards the locked residence of Faisal Shahzad in Peshawar on Wednesday. Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images. One day after the arrest of Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old U.S. citizen charged with trying to detonate a car… Continue reading