Jul 16 Watch Potential Risks of Buying Companies on Borrowed Money Examined As part of his ongoing series of reports on making sense of economic news, Paul Solman looks at what happens when private equity firms use borrowed money to buy companies. Continue watching
Jul 16 Watch News Wrap: Stocks Tumble on Consumer Sentiment, Earnings Numbers In other news Friday, U.S. stocks fell after a reading of consumer sentiment fell sharply and investors were disappointed by earnings reported by Bank of America and Citigroup. Also, federal officials announced the largest-ever crackdown on Medicare fraud. Continue watching
Jul 15 Goldman Sachs, SEC Reach $550 Million Settlement The Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a $550 million settlement with Goldman Sachs in its case accusing the company of misleading investors in mortgage-backed securities, the agency said in a statement. "This record-setting settlement… Continue reading
Jul 15 Senate Passes Financial Reform Overhaul Updated 2:57p.m. ET The Senate gave final approval to a financial reform bill Thursday, voting 60-39 to send the measure to President Obama for his signature. Posted 1:05p.m. ET The Senate cleared a sweeping financial reform bill for final… Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch Financial Reform Clears Senate After More Than Year of Wrangling After countless battles and revisions, the financial reform bill passed the Senate Thursday on near-party line votes, with the help of a few Republicans who broke ranks. Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch News Wrap: Federal Reserve Lowers Economic Growth Forecast In other news Wednesday, the Federal Reserve said that its latest estimate for economic growth will not be as high as it predicted in April. Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Around the Country, Economic Starts and Stops Gwen Ifill talks to PBS correspondents from New York, Virginia and California about the state of local economies. Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Obama Sees Poll Numbers Fall as Economic Woes Drag On President Obama faces falling poll numbers with many Americans claiming they have lost faith in the president's ability to handle the economic crisis. Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Fighting Poverty in Kenya by Selling Water Pumps to Poor Farmers Spencer Michels reports on the story of how a California man sees the chance to increase access to clean water in Kenya through the use of foot-pumps. Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch Shields and Brooks Assess Spy Swap, Midterm Political Maneuvering Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the top political stories, including the handling of the U.S.-Russia spy swap and the role of issues like the economy and immigration in the midterm elections. Continue watching