Aug 02 Watch News Wrap: European Central Bank Buys Bonds to Bring Down Borrowing Rates News Wrap: European Central Bank Buys Bonds to Bring Down Borrowing Rates… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch News Wrap: Fighting Escalates in Damascus, Pulitzer Winning Columnist Dies at 76 In other news on Tuesday, in Syria, fighting between government forces and rebels escalated in Damascus. Hundreds of people fled into neighboring Turkey and Jordan, where the British foreign secretary toured the scene. Also, Mitt Romney accused President Obama of… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Deadlines Looming, Congress Corners Deal on Student Loans, Transportation Deadlines Looming, Congress Corners Deal on Student Loans, Transportation… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch Paul Krugman on Ben Bernanke’s ‘Green Shoots’ Tom Ashbrook interviews Paul Krugman about Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch News Wrap: At Least 7 Killed by Syrian Government Forces in Overnight Assault In other news Wednesday, Syrian government forces launched a new assault overnight in Hama, according to the opposition. At least seven people were killed there and elsewhere. Also, Indiana's GOP-led House moved closer to adopting a "right-to-work" law, banning unions… Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch Default by Debt Ceiling? ‘Complete Nonsense’ Paul Solman reports on how the stock market was reacting to news of the debt ceiling deal… Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch News Wrap: Fed Warns Congress to Rein in National Debt In other news Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress and the President to begin reining in the deficit and a series of powerful earthquakes killed at least 400 people in western China. Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch College Loan Overhaul Looms in Health Reform Package A new measure allowing college students to bypass banks and receive college aid directly from the government could pass alongside the health reform bill. Jeffrey Brown talks to Jason DeLisle of the New America Foundation and Renee Mang of Sallie… Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch News Wrap: Fed Keeps Interest Rate Low In other news Tuesday, the Federal Reserve kept interest rates low and gave an optimistic view of the economy and Honda launched a recall on several vehicle models because of brake problems. Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch Evaluating and Preventing a Massive Financial Crisis As part of his continuing series of reports making sense of business and the economy, Paul Solman talks to MIT finance professor Andrew Lo about why he's asking Congress to keep investigating the financial crisis. Continue watching