Nov 08 Greece’s Former Finance Minister Defends Super Mario By Paul Solman Greece's former Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou defends European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi's Outright Monetary Transactions plan. Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images. Earlier today, we featured Boston University economist Laurence "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff on the European crisis and his… Continue reading
Nov 08 China to Choose New Slate of Leaders: How Will It Affect the U.S.? By Larisa Epatko After a year of political scandals, China is selecting a new batch of leaders at a meeting of the Communist Party that starts Thursday. Continue reading
Nov 08 Nor’Easter Storm Hits Sandy-Battered East Coast By Online DA As Sandy victims try to recover from last week's superstorm, the U.S. Northeast is dealt an unfortunate hand of weather, with another storm. This time a nor'easter. The storm brought wind, rain and snow, with the potential for more flooding… Continue reading
Nov 08 Watch China’s Communist Party Congress Faces Political Transition, Corruption Issues Over 2,000 delegates met for the first day of China's 18th Communist Party Congress in order to commence its once-in-a-decade process of choosing new national leadership. Meanwhile outgoing President Hu Jintao discouraged corruption among the party leadership. Lindsey Hilsum of… Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch News Wrap: More Than a Quarter of Greek Workers Face Unemployment In other news Thursday, the Greek government announced unemployment rose to just above 25 percent. The news came as European leaders said they won't be able to deliver bailout funds to the bankrupt country as previously scheduled. Greek officials say… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch News Wrap: Nor’easter Hits East Coast With Wind, Rain and Snow News Wrap: Nor'easter Hits East Coast With Wind, Rain and Snow… Continue watching
Nov 07 Red Ferraris in Red China Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of the Great Hall of the People on Nov. 7 in Beijing, China. Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images. In the late 1960s, tens of thousands of young Chinese flocked to public squares… Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch Hundreds of Thousands in N.J. and N.Y. Lack Power in Slow Post-Sandy Recovery Hundreds of Thousands in N.J. and N.Y. Lack Power in Slow Post-Sandy Recovery… Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch News Wrap: Palestinian Refugees Fight Each Other Over Syria’s War News Wrap: Palestinian Refugees Fight Each Other Over Syria's War… Continue watching