Nov 24 What Does Justice in the Foreclosure Crisis Look Like? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: An amended answer today to a question answered imperfectly (or worse) last month. Continue reading
Nov 24 What Does Justice in the Foreclosure Crisis Look Like? By Elizabeth Shell An amended answer today to a question answered imperfectly (or worse) last month. The email, from Bruce Temple, was in response to one of our stories on the foreclosure crisis and read as follows: In tonight's episode you asked… Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch After Bailout, Irish Confront ‘Loss of Sovereignty’ to EU The Irish government accepted a bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund worth 80-90 billion euros. Faisal Islam of Independent Television News has a report from Dublin. Continue watching
Nov 18 GM: Worthless to Record-Breaking By Elizabeth Shell Over a year ago, General Motors told investors its stock was worthless and to stop trading it. To say the company has experienced a turnaround is a bit of an understatement. After a month of speculation and a last-minute… Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch In Maine, Service Time Swapped to Help Stretch Dollars in Recession Special correspondent David Brancaccio traveled across America to find people who are creating new jobs and opportunities in their communities to stay afloat during the recession for a PBS documentary called "Fixing the Future." In this excerpt, he reports how… Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch Should Journalists Be Allowed to Make Campaign Contributions? The brief suspension of MSNBC's Keith Olbermann reignited an ethical debate over whether journalists, commentators and news organizations should be allowed to make contributions to political candidates. Jeffrey Brown gets two perspectives on the matter. Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch Boston Firm Offers Homeowners a Second Chance After Foreclosure For those who have lost a home they could have afforded at market rate, Boston Community Capital offers an avenue to regain ownership. Paul Solman reports. Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch Boston Group Helps Homeowners ‘Stand Up, Fight Back’ Against Foreclosure Paul Solman reports on a Boston non-profit group that is helping families and homeowners stay in their homes in the face of foreclosure. This is the second in an occasional series on the mortgage crisis. Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch Fed’s Next Move: What Will Boost the Economy? Fed chairman Ben Bernanke signaled Friday that his agency is prepared to make new moves to boost the economy. But what would help the most? Jeffrey Brown asks economists. Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch AIG Looks to Repay Government, But Will Taxpayers Break Even? Insurance giant AIG and the U.S. Treasury unveiled a plan to speed up the repayment of more than $100 billion in federal bailout money. Ray Suarez talks to economic writers Roben Farzad of Bloomberg Businessweek and Louise Story of The… Continue watching