Jul 17 Bank of America, Citigroup Report Strong Profits By PBS News Hour Two ailing banks that just a few months ago symbolized many of the troubles afflicting the American banking system posted strong second-quarter profits Friday, exceeding analysts' expectations. Continue reading
Jul 16 China's Economy Rebounds With Sizable Growth By PBS News Hour The Chinese government reported that the country's economy grew by 7.9 percent in the second quarter of this year, fueled by massive stimulus spending and more than $1 trillion in lending by state-run banks. Continue reading
Jul 14 Simon Johnson on China and the U.S. Economy By Business Desk Paul Solman: The second in this week’s series of video exchanges with Simon Johnson of the Peterson Institute of Economics, MIT, and (formerly) the IMF, concerns China. Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch Brooks, Marcus Mull Court Politics, Health Care Reform Columnists Ruth Marcus and David Brooks discuss top political news, including next week's hearings on Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination, the pace of health care reform and President Obama's trip abroad. Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch Post-Bankruptcy, GM CEO Pledges New Course After the announcement that General Motors Corp. had completed its 40-day stay under bankruptcy protection, CEO Fritz Henderson speaks to Judy Woodruff about the company's goals for remaking the struggling auto maker. Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch G-8 Leaders Take New Steps to Curb Global Warming As the G-8 summit wrapped up, President Obama and other leaders discussed new goals to limit climate change and assessed the unrest in Iran. Margaret Warner reports from the scene. Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch Questions Surface on Impact of Stimulus Plan Five months after President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package, some of the money has begun making its way to states. Experts measure the impact the funds have had on local communities. Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch For Ex-Cons and Laid-off Execs Alike, Dim Job Hopes In the next in his series on making sense of the financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on those in society -- such as executives or ex-convicts -- who are struggling to find employment. Continue watching
Jul 03 Watch Palin Resignation, Minnesota Senate Election Resolution Top Week's News Columnists Mark Shields and Michael Gerson mull Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's surprise resignation announcement and the Minnesota Supreme Court's ruling that Democrat Al Franken defeated Republican Norm Coleman for a U.S. Senate seat. Continue watching
Jul 03 Watch Russian Foreign Minister Sees 'Improvement' in U.S.-Russian Relations In the last of a series of reports from Russia, Margaret Warner talks with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about the future of U.S.-Russian relations, last year's Georgian war, and negotiating a nuclear arms treaty. Continue watching