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Do We Need a Consumer Protection Agency?
Should an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency be created? Gail Hillebrand Campaign manager for the Consumers Union’s Defend Your Dollars campaign It is long past time for a Consumer...
View ArticleTARP Watchdog: Foreclosure Program ‘Too Small, Too Slow’
This video is not currently available. | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: And with us now is the panel’s chair, Elizabeth Warren. Thank you for being with us. ELIZABETH WARREN: Good to be here. JUDY...
View ArticleWhat Will Financial Reform Mean for the Poorest?
This video is not currently available. | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The fight over unemployment assistance is not the only economic story capturing Washington’s attention this week. The...
View ArticleCorruption Allegations Test Afghan Banking System
This video is not currently available. | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Now: a bank in trouble in a country riddled with accusations of high-level corruption. Margaret Warner has the Afghan story....
View ArticleFormer World Bank President Reflects on ‘A Global Life’
This video is not currently available. | Listen to the AudioJIM LEHRER: Now: the global life and times of James Wolfensohn. Jeffrey Brown has our book conversation. JEFFREY BROWN: A childhood in...
View ArticleBoston Firm Offers Homeowners a Second Chance After Foreclosure
This video is not currently available. | Listen to the AudioJIM LEHRER: And back to the mortgage mess. NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman has the story of a financial firm that’s buying...
View ArticleTips and Where to Go For Help With Your Home Loan Modification
Name: Ben Roman Question: I am having a problem with trying to get a modification loan for my home which may soon be going into foreclosure. Where and to whom should I go to ask for assistance? Paul...
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Tips for Help With Your Home Loan Modification
Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here’s Thursday’s query: Name: Ben Roman Question: I am having a...
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Should Banks Modify Home Loans to Today’s Home Values?
Name: Charles Robertson Question: The media estimates 5 to 8 million houses are currently underwater or at some point in the foreclosure process, and housing values have declined 25 percent. If one...
View ArticleCitigroup Shareholders Assert Say Over CEO’s Pay
JEFFREY BROWN: Now, a rare move by shareholders to rebuff company executives over compensation. Margaret Warner has our story. MARGARET WARNER: Shareholders delivered a loud message at Citigroup’s...
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More Pain in Spain
People take part in a protest in front of a BBVA bank office in Barcelona. Photo by Josep Lago AFP/Getty Images This week here at Making Sen$e, we’ll be featuring dispatches from Europe’s financial...
View ArticleBritain’s Barclays Investigated for Rigging Libor Rates
JUDY WOODRUFF: Banks and the way some have operated were back at the center of attention again this week. The focus this time is on the British bank Barclays and how it and others altered lending rates...
View ArticleFormer JP Morgan Executive Deflects Blame for Billion Dollar Mistake
JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight: The U.S. Senate turned its attention to huge trading losses at J.P. Morgan Chase, the country’s largest bank. Ray Suarez has the story. INA DREW, Former J.P. Morgan...
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JPMorgan settles for $2.6 billion fine over Madoff fallout
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: We return to the J.P. Morgan story and the historic penalty it will pay for the bank’s connection with the Madoff Ponzi scheme. The settlement and fine...
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To speed up economy, China’s central bank makes borrowing cheaper
China’s central bank cut reserve requirements on Tuesday for the first time in two years in an attempt to inject liquidity into the world’s second largest economy, which is experiencing its worst...
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