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Reporter's Notebook: Egypt's Tahrir Square by day and night
Mitchell Hartman Sep 21, 2011
Tahrir Square, in the center of downtown Cairo, is now the heart of Egypt's revolution. And like Paris's Bastille and Beijing's Tiananmen, it's...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Violence escalates in Libya, concerns mount over rising oil prices
Katharine Crnko Feb 25, 2011
Violent protests continue today in Libya. After reports of mass killings of anti-government protesters, the United Nations top human rights office...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Unrest in Libya causes oil prices to spike; home prices fell in December
Katharine Crnko Feb 22, 2011
Oil giant Shell has moved all of its foreign workers out of Libya, following a similar move by BP late last week. With protests in Libya escalating...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Dodd-Frank, budget cuts, Middle East and Lap-Band
Katharine Crnko Feb 17, 2011
The Senate banking committee today is questioning regulators of the Dodd-Frank law to gauge how much they've improved the financial system. The law...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Obama's budget cuts, protests in Bahrain, and billable hours
Katharine Crnko Feb 14, 2011
President Obama has released his budget proposal for the 2012 federal spending plan. A growing national deficit has prompted the White House to...
Swiss freeze potential Mubarak assets
Christina Huh Feb 11, 2011
A spokesman from the Swiss foreign ministry confirmed the ministry has frozen assets that may belong to now-former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Mubarak resigns, phasing-out Fannie and Freddie
Katharine Crnko Feb 11, 2011
Cheers erupted out of Egypt today as Hosni Mubarak stepped down from the presidency, handing over political power to the military. As Alisa Roth...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Jobless claims, Suez Canal workers' strike, NYSE merger
Katharine Crnko Feb 10, 2011
The U.S. Labor Department this morning announced weekly jobless claims fell to 383,000, the lowest level in nearly three years....
MID-DAY UPDATE: Unrest in Jordan, Finding "Radio Shangi-La," McDonald's works the recession
Katharine Crnko Feb 8, 2011
Marketplace's Alisa Roth is in the Middle East covering the political unrest in Egypt and the surrounding countries. Roth spoke with Jeremy Hobson...
The finances of the U.S.'s relationship with Egypt
Christina Huh Feb 1, 2011
The U.S. say that it would reconsider sending aid to the Arab country when the Egyptian protests start. There's yet to be any official decision. ...
