Mar 15 Watch Fictional Thriller Tackles Dangers of High-Frequency Trading Part of his series on Making $ense of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman spoke with author Robert Harris whose fictional take on Wall Street, "The Fear Index," stresses the dangers of algorithm-driven, high-frequency trading. Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch Super Tuesday: How Ohio Is Shaping the Republican Race On the eve of Super Tuesday, GOP hopeful Mitt Romney cited his business background as good experience for helping the economy while Rick Santorum took aim at the media, telling voters not to be swayed by poll numbers. Kwame Holman… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch Chinese VP Xi Wraps Up U.S. Visit in Los Angeles With Focus on Trade China's Vice President Xi Jinping concluded his tour of the United States Friday in Los Angeles with a focus on trade, as a new joint venture was announced between DreamWorks Animation and several Chinese media groups. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch Pelosi Outlines Democrats’ Campaign Vision House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told Judy Woodruff in an interview Thursday that the deal forged on Capitol Hill to extend a payroll tax cut and continue unemployment insurance benefits will create jobs and help the economy. Pelosi also discussed… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch Post-Revolution Tunisia Attempts Painful Transition to Democracy Post-Revolution Tunisia Attempts Painful Transition to Democracy… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch How Did Italy Get in This Mess? Italian author Beppe Severgnini on what Italy must do to afford its good life. Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch ‘Accordion’ Families Expand for Boomerang Kids, ‘Parasite Singles’ to Move Home 'Accordion' Families Expand for Boomerang Kids, 'Parasite Singles' to Move Home… Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch Boomerang: The Trend of College Grads Living with Mom and Da Rather than finding their own home, 20-somethings are returning to live with parents. Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch Obama, Republicans Square Off Over $3.8 Trillion Budget Plan Unveiling a $3.8 trillion budget blueprint on Monday, President Obama cast the plan as an essential tool to spur economic growth and noted that tough choices would put the country "on a more sustainable fiscal path." Republicans called the plan… Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch Unemployment Drops to 8.3%, but It’s ‘Premature to Do Handstands’ Unemployment Drops to 8.3%, but It's 'Premature to Do Handstands'… Continue watching