“Fixing the Financial Crisis” looks at three areas of finance that will be transformed as a result of mistakes — Wall Street, U.S. regulatory agencies, and the global financial system. How can Wall Street operate without a standalone investment bank? How will regulators adapt? Watch.
NBR examines the Anatomy of a Financial Crisis and dissects the roles Wall Street, Washington, and Main Street played in creating the crisis. In this report, NBR correspondent Suzanne Pratt explains why consumers deserve some of the blame for causing the financial meltdown.
What are you doing to ride out this perfect financial storm? Have you further diversified your investments? Are you using your salary to meet the payroll of your small business? Are you thinking of dipping into your 401(k) to cover day-to-day expenses? Tell NBR your story here.
John McCain and Barack Obama–where do they stand on corporate taxes? Will their positions hold up after the U.S. is forced to spend billions of dollars on the current …
Charlie Rose discusses the U.S. government’s takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with Mohamed El-Erian, PIMCO; Gretchen Morgenson and Floyd Norris, both of The New York Times; and Nouriel Roubini of New York University.
A roundup of all streaming video online from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week. See the list for all full episodes and full segments.
NBR’s Washington Bureau Chief Darren Gersh asks the experts about Barack Obama’s and John McCain’s take on corporate taxes. Watch. (Originally aired: 9/4/2008).
Nightly Business Report looks at business efforts to help employees achieve a “work-life balance.” The NBR team investigate efforts to combat stress in the workplace both in the U.S. and Japan. See all four segments online.
A roundup of video from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week that you can also watch in toto online. See the list for all full episodes and full segments.
On this day in 2003, a major outage knocked out power across the Northeast U.S. and parts of Canada. Beginning at 4:10 p.m. ET, 21 power plants shut down in just three minutes, and 50 million people were left without electricity. Many in NYC spent the night sleeping outside, unable to return home. Airlines canceled 400 flights.











