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
Nov 22 Spain's New Government Must Now Tackle Spending Cuts By Larisa Epatko Spain's conservative Popular Party and its leader Mariano Rajoy -- the victors in last weekend's parliamentary elections -- now have the difficult job of implementing spending cuts for the sake of Spain's economy while keeping the public and markets on… Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch News Wrap: SEC Penalizes Employees for Failure to Spot Madoff Scheme In other news Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission penalized eight employees for failing to spot Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme over 16 years. The agency said the measures ranged from pay cuts to suspensions, but no one was fired. Also,… Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch Italy's Debt Dilemma: Too Big to Fail and Too Big to Rescue? Jeffrey Brown discusses Italy's rapidly escalating debt crisis and the implications for the rest of the Eurozone with Il Sole's Mario Calvo-Platero and Bloomberg-BusinessWeek's Roben Farzad. Continue watching