Latest from Alisa Roth

• Oct 4, 2010

  Reinventing Lincoln a hard sell for Ford

  More than a thousand Lincoln dealers have been summoned to Ford's headquarters to hear the automaker's plan for reviving the luxury brand. Ford has sold off its other upscale lines and is shutting down Mercury, so its last challenge in a sweeping turnaround is reinventing Lincoln. Alisa Roth reports.

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• Sep 29, 2010

  FDIC may owe JPMorgan Chase billions

  JPMorgan Chase bought the ailing Washington Mutual for less than $2 billion — now it wants the FDIC to give it triple that amount for the lawsuit claims related to Washington Mutual's failure.

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• Sep 28, 2010

  Banks back in the market for new, expensive talent

  Big banks may be loosening its purse strings a bit — Citigroup just made a multi-million-dollars-a-year hire. Is this a sign that Wall Streeters can expect pre-recessionary salaries?

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• Sep 24, 2010

  GM may be looking at a smaller IPO

  It looks like when GM returns to the stock market this fall, it won't be as big a sale as first thought. Reporter Alisa Roth talks with Bill Radke about GM's initial public offering and why we've heard so much speculation about it.

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• Sep 21, 2010

  U.S. seeks to curb distracted driving

  The Transportation Department is hosting a conference on the danger of distracted driving. Reporter Alisa Roth talks with Bill Radke about the pressure the government is under to curb distracted driving and what kind of technology fixes may help.

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• Sep 15, 2010

  How the 30-year mortgage came to be

  Marketplace's Alisa Roth looks into the history of the 30-year mortgage.

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• Sep 11, 2010

  More money, better thoughts about life?

  The Beatles should've given us a leg up and told us what money can buy: Happiness — to a certain degree. A study shows that folks who earn around $75,000 think they have a pretty good life, compared to those who earn less.

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• Aug 28, 2010

  Bernanke wants consumers and businesses to spend towards a recovery

  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke encouraged more consumers and businesses to spend money in a speech this morning. But with confidence lacking in the public, that idea may be a tough sell.

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• Aug 26, 2010

  The Dow’s ‘nice, big, pretty number,’ 10,000

  Ten thousand points seems to be the magic number of choice for many investors when it comes to the Dow Jones Industrial Index. Marketplace's Alisa Roth sees if there's any truth behind that belief.

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• Aug 24, 2010

  Small investors pulling out of U.S. stock funds

  Small investors pulled out from U.S. stock market mutual funds in a big way over the last few months. So where is all that money going? Marketplace's Alisa Roth follows the money.

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