Jul 13 Watch Italy: Too Big to Fail? Ray Suarez discusses Italy's economic crisis with guests. Continue watching
Jul 12 Smacking Into the Debt Ceiling: the Day-by-Day Consequences Daily U.S. Government Income and Expenditures: Use the slide bar to see how Treasury's cash deficit is projected to grow if the debt ceiling is reached, starting with Aug. 3. Mouse over the red points to see the running… Continue reading
Jul 08 Jobs: the Dreary Data, a Desperate Viewer, a Pessimistic Professor By Paul Solman Goodness! U-7, our own measure of under-and unemployment, shot up to 18.6 percent this morning, a rise that gets us back near the number when we first inaugurated the Solman Scale last December. This morning's job numbers: only… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Raze the Roof: Cleveland Levels Vacant Homes to Revive Neighborhoods Business correspondent Paul Solman reports from Cleveland on the economically troubled Ohio city's efforts to tear down thousands of empty foreclosed homes in hopes of putting eyesore and dangerous properties back to productive use -- perhaps as community gardens, new… Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch Sen. Cornyn to Obama: Take Tax Increases Off the Table Cornyn to Obama: Take Tax Hikes Off The Table in Debt Negotiations… Continue watching
Jun 29 As IMF’s New Chief, Will Lagarde ‘Keep Smiling’? By Elizabeth Shell Christine Lagarde was nominated Wednesday to head the IMF. Photo by Dominique Charriau/Getty Images. So the synchronized French swim champ with accent-free English whom we interviewed last summer in Paris, Christine Lagarde, will run the IMF. What did we… Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch Barney Frank Responds to Gretchen Morgenson Rep. Barney Frank responds to some of the allegations made against him in a new book. Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Syrian Refugee Exodus Continues as Tanks, Troops Push Into More Towns Syrian refugees continued to stream across the border into Turkey Tuesday, fleeing the military's drive to crush anti-government demonstrations in northern towns and villages. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
May 11 ‘Inside Job’: an Oscar Winner Answers Your Questions Editor's Note: Today we hand over question-and-answer duties to Charles Ferguson, former MIT academic and dot.com entrepreneur who is now a documentary filmmaker, and created the Academy Award-winning analysis of the Crash of '08, 'Inside Job.' Last week,… Continue reading