Feb 27 Can financial engineering save cancer research? By Edward Benz, Andrew Lo and Michael Goldberg, Associated Press/Report for America Cancer is the leading cause of death for individuals under 85, and government funding for basic research is in dangerous decline. But the same financing model that's blamed for the housing collapse could change the way we tackle this killer. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch Wall Street completes year-long rally with record-breaking gains in 2013 Wall Street completes year-long rally with record-breaking gains in 2013… Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch Looking back at Bernie Madoff’s fraud scheme five years on Five years ago, financier Bernie Madoff was arrested for running an elaborate, global Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of billions of dollars and left many of his thousands of victims with nothing. Madoff is currently serving a 150-year sentence in… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Why is the Middle Class Still Stagnant? As corporate and financial sectors rebound, why is the middle class still stagnant?… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Five Years On: Lessons Learned from the Collapse? On the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Heidi Moore, The Guardian's US finance and economics editor, speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about what the United States has (or hasn't) done to prevent another financial collapse and how regulations… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Five Years Later: How Americans Are Feeling About the Economy A survey showing many Americans continue to worry about making ends meet in the US economy… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch Opening the Door for Low-Income Students to Overcome ‘Aristocracy’ of Higher Ed Opening the Door for Low-Income Students to Overcome 'Aristocracy' of Higher Ed… Continue watching
Jul 25 Watch Criminal Charges Allege SAC Capital Gained ‘Edge’ Through Insider Trading Criminal Charges Allege SAC Capital Gained 'Edge' Through Insider Trading… Continue watching