Latest from Steve Chiotakis

• Dec 13, 2011

  In down economy, demand for champagne is popping

  Champagne makers are quickly recovering from the blight of a few years ago, despite the fact that the rest of the economy is still struggling

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• Dec 12, 2011

  Iraqi government will still depend on U.S. for help

  The country has money from the billions of barrels of oil it produces everyday, but it will still need guidance from the U.S. when it comes to strategic planning and training.

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• Dec 12, 2011

  American Airlines could hand off pensions

  It looks like the bankrupt airline could hand over employee pensions to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. The PBGC's Josh Gotbaum talks about what would happen.

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• Dec 9, 2011

  Do multinational summits actually work?

  Some economists say today's summit will be remembered as a successful moment — when eurozone countries met and got their act together. Katharina Gnath is an associate fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations and has studied G8 and G20 summits.

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• Dec 9, 2011

  Most euro leaders agree on plan for fiscal austerity

  Britain and three other countries are out of the picture, but those remaining believe the new treaty will mean much more balanced budgets on the continent in the future.

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• Dec 8, 2011

  Is the American Dream really disappearing?

  We asked Gallup's editor-in-chief Frank Newport about whether Americans are pessimistic about the future, and how that compares to Americans of decades past.

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• Dec 7, 2011

  Study: Corporations skimp on state, local taxes

  Matt Gardner discusses why cutting taxes to attract corporations doesn't really make sense.

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• Dec 7, 2011

  Will Slovakia pose another threat to the EU?

  Slovakia was a big opponent of the recent vote to extend the Greek bailout package. How will it react to plans to change treaties in the eurozone?

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• Dec 7, 2011

  Unemployment rate falls in metro areas

  The unemployment rate in a number of cities fell in November, most notably in the Rust Belt.

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• Dec 6, 2011

  Have austerity measures worked in Ireland?

  Ireland was bailed out a year ago, and it is now facing another round of austerity measures. How are the Irish people faring in these stricter conditions?

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