If recent business disasters prove anything, it's that some people never learn. Kai Ryssdal talks with the authors of "Billion Dollar Lessons," a book on how the same mistakes caused 750 companies to fail.
The plan to help homeowners facing foreclosure will cost $40 billion, and the money would come from the original pool of bailout money. But commentator Andrew Caplin resurrects an old idea that doesn't involve all that cash.
In the second part of our interview with CEO Ed Liddy, Kai Ryssdal talks with AIG's new head about the challenge of rescuing the company and having U.S. taxpayers as his new boss.
The foreign currency markets are moving at an unprecedented velocity, and in some places the U.S. dollar is at a comparable five-year high. Bill Radke takes a deeper look with currency analyst Omer Esiner.
Taxpayers are bailing out huge Wall Street banks because their collapse would spell doom for the financial system. But commentator Robert Reich thinks it's odd to also allow those companies to consolidate and get even bigger.
Finally, it's here — T-Mobil has started selling the Google-powered G1 smart phone. So what's all the fuss about? Kai Ryssdal talks with Kevin Pereira of G4 TV to find out what it does.
Drugmaker Merck is blaming the rise of generic sales for its 28 percent profit loss this morning. To balance out the blow, the company wants to cut 12 percent of its work force. Jennifer Collins reports.
