May 18 Watch News Wrap: Greece Uncertainty, Austerity Top Agenda at G-8 Summit News Wrap: Greece Uncertainty, Austerity Top Agenda at G-8 Summit… Continue watching
May 17 Watch News Wrap: Future of Eurozone Uncertain as Greek Credit Rating Drops News Wrap: Future of Eurozone Uncertain as Greek Credit Rating Drops… Continue watching
May 16 Watch News Wrap: Greece Appoints Interim Government Amid Fears of Euro Exit In other news Wednesday, Greece appointed an interim government as it struggled to escape a deepening political crisis. The country faces new elections on June 17. Also, former Liberian President Charles Taylor offered no apologies at a U.N. tribunal for… Continue watching
May 15 Watch How Europe's Turmoil Rattles World Markets Greece's political turmoil intensified Tuesday amid calls for fresh elections. Ray Suarez gets the latest from reporter John Psaropoulos. He then turns to Fred Bergsten of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Nicholas Burns of Harvard Kennedy School for… Continue watching
May 14 Watch News Wrap: Greece Tries Again to Form New Government, Fears of Euro Exit Grow News Wrap: Greece Tries Again to Form New Government, Fears of Euro Exit Grow… Continue watching
May 11 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Soldier Killed in Afghanistan by Man in Afghan Army Uniform In other news Friday, an American soldier was killed in eastern Afghanistan by a man wearing an Afghan army uniform. The Taliban claimed responsibility. Also, in Greece, political leaders failed in a third attempt to form a government after Sunday's… Continue watching
May 10 Watch News Wrap: House GOP Looks for Spending Cuts; Greece Struggles with Government In other news Thursday, House Republicans pushed through a bill to prevent a 10 percent cut in the U.S. defense budget by cutting $300 billion in food stamps, health care and federal pensions, over 10 years. Also, Greece's struggle to… Continue watching
May 09 Watch News Wrap: Postal Service Drops Plans to Close 3,700 Locations In other news Wednesday, the U.S. Postal Service abandoned a plan to shutter 3,700 service locations. Under the new plan, more than 13,000 rural mail facilities may have to cut back hours of operation but no locations will close. Also,… Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch After Second Bailout, Is Greece Still Likely to Default? Eurozone finance ministers on Tuesday granted Greece its second bailout, a $172 billion package aimed at helping the country avoid default. Jeffrey Brown discusses the longer-term concerns of austerity measures and growth with Georgetown University's Scheherazade Rehman and Joao Vale… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch News Wrap: Eurozone Ministers Move Closer to Granting Greece Next Bailout In other news Monday, Eurozone finance ministers decided at a meeting in Brussels that Greece must implement more austerity measures before they approve a $171 billion bailout package to avoid defaulting on its debts. Also, U.N. inspectors began a two-day… Continue watching