Apr 19 Watch Fraud Charges Feed Financial Reform Debate With the SEC filing a civil charge against Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs, accusing it of defrauding investors, Jeffrey Brown speaks with University of Maryland law professor Michael Greenberger and attorney John Singer about the fallout for the firm and… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch Goldman Sachs Could Face Sanctions, Fines After SEC Fraud Charge The SEC charged powerful investment bank Goldman Sachs with defrauding investors in the runup to the subprime mortgage crisis. Jim Lehrer talks to a Washington Post reporter about the charges. Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch Bernanke Responds to Greek Debt Crisis Greece's financial woes are causing problems on its own shores, as public workers protested government cuts Wendesday. But the debt crisis is making waves abroad as well. Jeffrey Brown talks to Roben Farzhad with Bloomberg Business Week for more. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Big Banks Brace for Major Tax Hike President Obama announced Thursday plans to tax the nation's biggest banks to recoup TARP costs. But not everyone thinks this is such a great idea. Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch Pay Czar Feinberg Rolls Out Salary Caps on Wall Street Execs The Obama administration's pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, has set a $500,000 limit on executive compensation at bailed-out financial firms. In an interview with Judy Woodruff, Feinberg explains the pay cap. Continue watching
Nov 17 TARP Watchdog: N.Y. Fed 'Severely Limited' Savings on AIG By Carolyn O'Hara The Federal Reserve Bank of New York ceded much of its negotiating power to AIG's trading partners during the insurance giant's rescue last year, according to a new report from the watchdog for the Troubled Asset Relief Fund. Continue reading
Nov 02 CIT Bankruptcy Produces Winners and Losers CIT, a major lender to small U.S. businesses, filed on Sunday for one of the largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections in history. Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch G-20 to Replace G-8 as Global Economic Forum World leaders announced that the G-20 will replace the G-8 as the main forum for coordinating global economic policy. Jeffrey Brown and Paul Solman report. Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch A Look Back at the Collapse of Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers survived the Civil War, the Great Depression, two World Wars, and the attacks of 9/11, yet under the leadership of Richard Fuld the investment bank went from storied Wall Street firm to catalyst of last year's economic crisis. Continue watching
Sep 14 Reporting the Crisis By Business Desk Paul Solman: This week marks the anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and one of the most extraordinarily tumultuous weeks Wall Street has ever had. So, in reflecting on those events and the subsequent year, I thought I’d offer… Continue reading