Mar 03 Watch Incumbent Texas Gov. Perry Rides High in GOP Primary In Texas, Gov. Rick Perry edged out Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to win the state's three-way Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday. Gwen Ifill talks to a political expert from the University of Texas at Austin about the general election ahead. 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 18 Watch Should Obama Pull the TARP from Under Banks? As part of his continuing series of reports examining bank reform and the future of Wall Street, Paul Solman sits down with bank consultant and former FDIC chair William Isaac for a critical look at the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch Former Regulator Talks Fraud and the Big Bank Getaway Paul Solman sits down with former bank regulator and author Bill Black as part of his continuing series of reports examining bank reform and the future of Wall Street. Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch News Wrap: Bill Clinton Treated for Chest Pains In other news Thursday, former president Bill Clinton underwent surgery for chest pains, and European leaders promised "determined and coordinated action" to support Greece as it battles a debt crisis. Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch Greek Deficit Sends Financial Tremors Through EU The financial markets remain unstable as disagreement persists within the European Union about how to deal with swelling debt levels in Greece, Portugal and Spain. Jeffrey Brown talks to an economist for insight. Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch Reagan Budget Chief Offers a ‘Gunslinger’ Defense of Obama’s Bank Reforms With President Obama pushing a bipartisan deal on reforming banking regulations, Paul Solman talks with David Stockman, former Reagan budget chief and Wall Street "gunslinger," about the proposal to tax banks on their size and amount of risk. Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch Obama Jobs Push Focusing on Small Business President Obama is looking to cut the nation's unemployment rate by offering more aid for small business, but a plan to borrow from TARP has some lawmakers balking. Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch Are Big Banks Good for the Economy? The Obama administration is trying to rein in big banks, but Robert Kelly, chief executive officer of Bank of New York, says that's a big mistake. Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch Geithner Defends AIG Bailout at Fiery Hearing Under fire from lawmakers Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended the bailout of insurance giant AIG as "in the best interests of the American people."… Continue watching