Jun 10 Watch News Wrap: Ariz. Firefighters Ramp Up Battle Against Wallow Fire In other news Friday, firefighters in eastern Arizona hurried to make the most of improved conditions in their battle against the Wallow wildfire. Also, health officials announced that bean sprouts from a German organic farm were the source of the… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 'Wizard of Lies' Author Details Madoff's Fall Into Massive Financial Fraud In the new book, "The Wizard of Lies," New York Times' Diana Henriques chronicles the massive Wall Street Ponzi scheme of the '90s led by Bernie Madoff. Jeffrey Brown talks to Henriques about her reporting. Continue watching
May 06 Watch What Does Widening U.S. Income Gap Mean for Future of Economy, Americans? Executive Pay Soaring Once Again, Report Finds… Continue watching
Apr 25 Should Banks Modify Home Loans to Today's Home Values? By Paul Solman Photo: Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and readers on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Charles Robertson Question: The media estimate 5 to 8 million houses… Continue reading
Apr 25 Should Banks Modify Home Loans to Today's Home Values? Name: Charles Robertson Question: The media estimates 5 to 8 million houses are currently underwater or at some point in the foreclosure process, and housing values have declined 25 percent. If one million homes were put on the market in… Continue reading
Mar 16 The Financial Blame Game: Who's At Fault? By Elizabeth Shell Name: Michael Cassady Question: With the suffering from the financial crisis falling mostly on masses of people who were not responsible for causing it, why has there not been a healthy postmortem and acceptance of responsibility before the victims are… Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch Financial Crisis Commission Divided Over Causes, Culprits Behind Meltdown A bipartisan commission charged with investigating the causes of the financial crisis released its findings Thursday, but the members' conclusions fell along party lines. Judy Woodruff speaks with the chairman, Phil Angelides, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who was part of the… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch News Wrap: Wall Street Not Intimidated by Job Numbers, Big Trade Deal Struck In other news Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average shook off disappointing jobs numbers and gained more than 19 points. The NASDAQ rose 12 points, with both indices closing the week up more than 2 percent. Also, an announcement came… Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch Ratings Agencies Among Top 'Devils' of Meltdown, Authors Contend Paul Solman speaks with Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera, authors of "All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis" about the villains of the financial crisis. It's part of his ongoing series, Making Sen$e of Financial… Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch GM Turns Corner With IPO, but Can It Maintain Momentum? General Motors made a strong return to the stock market Thursday, marking a major turnaround after declaring bankruptcy and receiving a $50 billion bailout. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Michael Robinet of research group IHS Automotive and Micheline Maynard of Changing… Continue watching