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MID-DAY UPDATE: Violence escalates in Libya, concerns mount over rising oil prices

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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...

Posted In: bailout, BP, CBS, deep water drilling, Gaddafi, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf oil spill, Ireland, Libya, mid-day update, middle east, NATO, North Africa, Oil, protests, television, United Nations, violence

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MID-DAY UPDATE: Unrest in Libya causes oil prices to spike; home prices fell in December

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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...

Posted In: BP, case shiller, home prices, housing market, Libya, mid-day update, Oil, oil industry, oil price, Pittsburgh, protests, Saudi Arabia, Shell, Standard & Poor's, turmoil, unrest

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MID-DAY UPDATE: Dodd-Frank, budget cuts, Middle East and Lap-Band

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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...

Posted In: afghanistan, Bahrain, budget, deficit-cutting, deficits, Dodd-Frank law, FDA, Kabul Bank, Lap-band, mid-day update, middle east, protests, regulation, Senate, weight loss

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MID-DAY UPDATE: Obama's budget cuts, protests in Bahrain, and billable hours

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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...

Posted In: Bahrain, budget, budget cuts, deficit-cutting, deficits, Egypt, lawyers, medicaid, Medicare, mid-day update, obama budget, protests, Social Security

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Swiss freeze potential Mubarak assets

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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...

Posted In: banking, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, protests, Swiss, Switzerland

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MID-DAY UPDATE: Mubarak resigns, phasing-out Fannie and Freddie

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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...

Posted In: Egypt, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, global economics, housing market, mid-day update, mortgage, Mubarak, protests, resign, U.S. Treasury

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MID-DAY UPDATE: Jobless claims, Suez Canal workers' strike, NYSE merger

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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....

Posted In: Amman, corporate profits, energy, jobless, Jordan, labor, mid-day update, middle east, NYSE, protests, stock market, strike, Suez Canal, UPS, weekly jobless, Wells Fargo

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MID-DAY UPDATE: Unrest in Jordan, Finding "Radio Shangi-La," McDonald's works the recession

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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...

Posted In: Amman, Bhutan, Big Book, China, coffee, corruption, Egypt, groupon, Jordan, Lisa Napoli, McDonald's, mid-day update, middle east, protests, radio, recession, Tibet, Tunisia

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The finances of the U.S.'s relationship with Egypt

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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. ...

Posted In: Egypt, foreign aid, protests

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MID-DAY UPDATE: Global wheat supply, the Suez Canal, and Atlanta's grease goldmine

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Katharine Crnko

Feb 1, 2011

As protests continue today in Egypt, the global business community focuses on spikes in oil and wheat prices. The World Bank says 30 million...

Posted In: alternative energy, Atlanta, Egypt, food prices, food riots, grease, mid-day update, Oil, oil price, protests, Suez Canal

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