Sep 16 Watch Europe Struggles to Craft Debt Solution, Amid Prodding From U.S. In Wroclaw, Poland on Friday, European Union economic leaders gathered to discuss the economic crisis facing Europe. Jeffrey Brown discusses what's next for the eurozone with The Economist Magazine's Zanny Minton Beddoes. Continue watching
Sep 09 In Russia, Airplane Crash Renews Focus on Airline Safety By Larisa Epatko The crash Wednesday of an airplane carrying a professional ice hockey team not only devastated the small town they represented, but reverberated well beyond sports fans into a population already shaken by a spate of recent airline accidents. Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch Interconnection of U.S., European Markets Adds to Investors' Fears Across Europe, markets finished Tuesday at their lowest close in more than two years. Jeffrey Brown discusses the growing eurozone debt woes with FusionIQ's Barry Ritholtz and Jacob Kirkegaard of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch Negative Headlines Continue to Spook Investors, Markets Around Globe The Dow Jones industrial average lost 419 points Thursday, driven by a barrage of bad economic data including a drop in existing home sales in July for the third time in four months. Ray Suarez discusses the U.S. and global… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch 'No Clear Path Forward' for Eurozone as Economic Woes Continue A new report out Tuesday showed overall growth in 17 eurozone countries increased just two-tenths of a percent in the second quarter. Judy Woodruff discusses what Europe's crisis means for the world with George Washington University's Scheherazade Rehman and the… Continue watching
Aug 16 Europe's Stuttering Economy With the eurozone in such obvious economic turmoil, we turn to former chief IMF economist and longtime friend and favorite of Making Sen$e, Simon Johnson (Peterson Institute, MIT). We asked him a series of pressing questions: Paul Solman:… Continue reading
Aug 16 Europe's Stuttering Economy By Paul Solman With the eurozone in such obvious economic turmoil, we turn to former chief IMF economist and longtime friend and favorite of Making Sen$e, Simon Johnson (Peterson Institute, MIT). We asked him a series of pressing questions: Paul Solman: Is… Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch Norway's FM: Many Questions Yet to Be Answered on Attacks The deadly attacks in Norway on July 22 marked the country's worst violence since World War II. Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store joins Judy Woodruff to discuss how the nation is coping, how the Internet is affecting extremism, the… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch Breivik Taken to Utoya to Confirm Attack Details, Re-enact Events for Trial Investigators took Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted to carrying out attacks last month in Oslo and at a youth political camp on the island of Utoya that killed a total of 69 people and injured many more, back to… Continue watching
Aug 12 50 Years Later, Looking Back at Building the Berlin Wall By Larisa Epatko It started with the placement of massive flower pots and strands of naked barbed wire stretched across streets, then grew into the massive concrete divider separating East and West Germany that would become known as the Berlin Wall. Continue reading