Some on Wall Street are genuinely optimistic about the government's plan to buy toxic assets and get them off of bank balance sheets. Renita Jablonski talks to L.A. Times business columnist David Lazarus.
Whether or not the Fed's move to pour another trillion dollars into the economy will help is up to the big traders to decide. But Fortune Magazine's Allan Sloan tells Renita Jablonski why the move makes him uneasy.
Global markets are absorbing the Federal Reserve's move to unleash another wave of cash into the economy. Renita Jablonski talks to Edward Hadas of the financial Web site Breaking Views about why this move is considered aggressive.
Criticism over the AIG bailout is being pointed at U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner this morning. Renita Jablonski talks to University of Maryland professor Peter Morici over why he's being pinpointed.
Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch can usually be found answering questions on complex financial terms at the Marketplace Whiteboard. Today, Renita Jablonski asks him some additional questions from listeners in the studio.
Dell announced it was cutting 2,000 jobs in Ireland as it transports operations to Poland to pay workers there cheaper wages. Renita Jablonski talks to Professor Frank Barry in Dublin on how this will affect the country.
AIG is rumored to report a $60 billion loss, and could turn to the U.S. government for additional bailout funds. Renita Jablonski talks to Breaking Views's Edward Hadas about whether it's a good idea to give AIG more money.
The economy lost a whopping 598,000 jobs in January, more than economists were predicting. Renita Jablonski talks to Bernard Baumohl with The Economic Outlook Group about why the holidays may have helped the spike.
How has Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner done in his first week on the job? Renita Jablonski talks to Fortune Magazine's Allan Sloan, who says if he were Geithner's PR man, he might call for him to make a dramatic move.
Women probably aren't going to give up personal primping entirely. But they are taking a breather. And that has salons scrambling to adjust to beauty's new bottom line. Renita Jablonski reports.
