Jan 31 Watch News Wrap: Sub-Zero Cold Wave Crosses Central, Eastern Europe In other news Tuesday, the death toll neared 60 in a sub-zero cold wave across Central and Eastern Europe as temperatures dropped to -17 degrees Fahrenheit in some places. Also, the Food and Drug Administration approved a drug called Kalydeco… Continue watching
Dec 20 Why the Euro Might Not Be Good For Greece A Greek 500 drachma banknote sits atop euros. Photo by Peter Phipp via Getty Images. Today's post tries to answer a number of questions that have come in over the past few weeks along the lines of, "What's going… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Corzine Testifies Before Former Senate Colleagues on Missing MF Global Funds Former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine was back at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, for the second time in two weeks, facing a committee of former Senate colleagues. Judy Woodruff discusses the congressional investigation into the collapsed firm with The New… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch British Foreign Secretary: ‘We Should Be in Europe but Not Taken Over by Europe’ In an interview with Jeff Brown, British Foreign Secretary William Hague discusses his country's decision last week to reject an agreement aimed at fixing Europe's debt crisis. Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch What Would Debt Deal Mean for Euro, European Union, U.K.? After marathon talks, the European Union moved closer to a deal to solve the debt crisis. Jeffrey Brown discusses what the agreement might mean for Europe with the EU's Deputy Chief of Mission Francois Rivasseau and Dan McCrum of The… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch What Would Deficit Limits Mean for Eurozone, Future of Euro? For a look at the tough week ahead for the eurozone and its leaders, Jeffrey Brown is joined by Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, senior director for strategy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Continue watching
Dec 05 What’s Souring Russian Voters’ Views of the Ruling Party? By Larisa Epatko The failure of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's once-dominant political party to eke out a majority in Russian parliamentary elections over the weekend shows a growing disillusionment with the country's problems with the economy and corruption, some analysts say. Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch Soaring Markets Reveal Clues About Big Banks’ Levels of Trust, Comfort The Federal Reserve teamed up with other central banks to ease a growing credit crunch threatening the world's financial systems. Jeffrey Brown discusses the move and the market's reaction with Catherine Mann of Brandeis University and author David Smick. Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch European Commission’s Barroso Insists Euro Will Survive Crisis The debt crisis in Europe that, until now, has threatened individual countries, now threatens the continent's common currency. Jeffrey Brown discusses Europe's debt woes and the euro's future with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. Continue watching
Nov 24 European Bond Scare: Germany Edition By Paul Solman Trader at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany. Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images. The U.S. markets lie as still today as the birds on America's platters, but the same cannot be said for fluttering Europe, or anywhere else in the… Continue reading