Segments From This Episode

• The difference between Americans and Europeans? We’re buying new cars

  At a time when U.S. sales are soaring, Europe saw a drop of almost seven percent in the first half of this year. There is one bright spot: U.K. car sales are up.

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• It’s baseball all-star (spitting) time

  by Stan Alcorn

  Spitting is an even longer baseball tradition than the All-Star Game, especially if it's tobacco.

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• Why wasteful spending and war seem to go hand in hand

  by Kate Davidson

  A Senate committee takes up the issue of war-time contracting, looking at the huge amounts of waste and fraud during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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• A whole new place to eat McDonald’s: Vietnam

  by Queena Kim

  International expansion is part of the fast-food chain’s business strategy. In fact, Vietnam will be the 38th Asian country McDonald’s is entering.

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• McDonald’s tries to help employees budget

  by Katie Long

  McDonald's teamed up with Visa to create an online budget guide assisting employees with money management.

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• The art in Walmart: A painter turns his canvas on store aisles

  by David Brancaccio

  Meet Brendan O'Connell, Walmart artist — or at least the mega retailer is his muse. O'Connell has taken to painting the things you can find the big-box store and the people who roam its aisles.

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• Why it’s a good time to be Goldman Sachs

  by Juli Niemann

  Goldman Sachs reported its latest business results on Tuesday. Profits — as measured by net income — hit $1.9 billion in the second quarter, twice the performance of the quarter before.

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• PODCAST: McDonald’s budget fight, McDonald’s Vietnam flight

  by David Brancaccio

  Why it's a good time to be Goldman Sachs. McDonald's opens a fast-food outpost in Vietnam. And a painter turns his canvas on Walmart.

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