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MID-DAY UPDATE: Oil prices rise again, LVMH eyes something shiny at Bulgari
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Mar 7, 2011
Oil is trading above $106 a barrel today on news of the continued unrest in Libya. Here in the U.S., gas prices have topped $3.50 a gallon -- tha...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Violence escalates in Libya, concerns mount over rising oil prices
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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...
Irish bailout: Ireland receives $113 billion to save banks, pay down deficit
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Sep 21, 2011
UPDATE: Ireland will receive a $113 billion bailout from the European Union and International Monetary Fund to save its banks and pay down its de...
A poem about TARP
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Sep 30, 2010
A poetic summary of where the bailout money went, and how we get it back....
MID-DAY UPDATE: GM CEO Ed Whitacre stepping down...
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Aug 12, 2010
... the company reports $1.3 billion in profits-- IPO to come
Car dealers face higher demand with short supply
New jobless claims rise again
For...
MID-DAY UPDATE: BP: 'Tis but a scratch!
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Jul 19, 2010
*The Mid-Day Update is a five-day-a-week podcast from the Marketplace Morning Report co-hosted by Bill Radke and Steve Chiotakis that wraps up the...
Geithner on Marketplace
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Mar 24, 2009
Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal just taped an interview with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. The interview airs this evening, but I sat in on the...
Hurricane AIG
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Mar 18, 2009
As I've pointed out the last couple days, I worry that the whirling dervish of AIG's bonuses might be diverting our attention from issues more...
At the corner of uncertainty and anger
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Mar 17, 2009
It feels like we've reached an important crossroads in the economic recovery. Many people are fed up with the bailouts of companies like AIG. The...
Looting the taxpayer
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Mar 17, 2009
In the latest iteration of the government's plan to save the financial system, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says the government will give money...




