Jul 21 Watch News Wrap: Eurozone, IMF Agree to Second Greek Bailout of $155B In other news Thursday, leaders of the Eurozone nations agreed to give Greece a second bailout worth $155 billion. The International Monetary Fund and private investors would join the package to the tune of $53 billion. In Syria, activists said… Continue watching
Jul 19 Watch News Wrap: Syrian Forces Fire on Funeral Procession, Killing at Least 10 In other news Tuesday, activists said Syrian security forces opened fire on a funeral procession, killing at least 10 people in Homs where up to 50 people have been killed this week. Also, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch News Wrap: Italy Fast Tracks Austerity Vote In other news Friday, Italy's parliament gave final approval to a new set of austerity measures, two high-level resignations occurred in the Murdoch media empire and hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in Syria in the largest rallies since the… Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch News Wrap: FBI Probing Phone-Hacking Allegations at Murdoch’s U.S. Holdings In other news Thursday, it was widely reported that the FBI is investigating whether a Rupert Murdoch tabloid in Britain tried to access voice mails of Sept. 11 victims. Also, a federal judge in Washington declared a mistrial of the… Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch News Wrap: Mumbai Bombings Kill at Least 21, Wound More Than 100 In other news Wednesday, three bombings by militants shook Mumbai, India, killing at least 21 and wounding more than 100. Vikas Bajaj of The New York Times reports from Mumbai. Also, Afghan President Karzai's half-brother was buried in Kandahar, a… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch News Wrap: EPA Unveils New Power Plant Pollutants Rule In other news Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new rule that power plants must install technology to reduce two pollutants -- sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Also, a new report found that Medicaid coverage could mean better health… Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch Raze the Roof: Cleveland Levels Vacant Homes to Revive Neighborhoods Business correspondent Paul Solman reports from Cleveland on the economically troubled Ohio city's efforts to tear down thousands of empty foreclosed homes in hopes of putting eyesore and dangerous properties back to productive use -- perhaps as community gardens, new… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Biz Stone: Twitter Breaks News, ‘But That’s Not the Full Story’ Twitter co-founder Biz Stone discusses the social media service's impact on breaking news. Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Biz Stone: We’re ‘Only 1% Into Journey That Will Become Twitter’ Twitter's Biz Stone discusses their business model and why the company isn't for sale. Continue watching
Apr 19 S&P’s Dire Warning: Of Any Significance At All? Call me a contrarian -- or just your garden-variety journalist/skeptic -- but when I read the much-ballyhooed Standard & Poor's announcement yesterday, I shook my shiny head. "Because the U.S. has, relative to its AAA peers, what we consider… Continue reading