For anyone curious about where stimulus money is going, USBudgetWatch.org now has a tool that breaks down spending on dozens of recent federal initiatives. The site will be updated constantly. Danielle Karson reports.
The Senate is debating an $890 billion version of the stimulus plan, and Republicans are placing a lot of emphasis on tax cuts. President Obama is urging senators to move quickly to pass the bill. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
The latest plan to stop the bleeding in the financial markets is to bundle up the bad assets and deposit them into a "bad bank." Marketplace's senior editor Paddy Hirsh explains the plan.
With corporate bankruptcies in the news, what happens to your health care coverage if your whole company goes belly up? Host Tess Vigeland asks Kiplinger's Kimberly Lankford.
COBRA allows former employees to pay to continue their health care coverage after they've left their job. But as Sally Herships reports, the costs of the program can make it difficult for some families to see the benefits.
Critics are questioning Britain's second multibillion-pound bailout of its banks. Some say another bailout is unnecessary and could make the U.K. the next Iceland — a bankrupt nation. Stephen Beard reports.
World leaders converged in Davos, Switzerland, this week for the World Economic Forum. But there was one notable absence — the United States. Kai Ryssdal speaks with Bloomberg's Tom Keene about the happenings in Davos.
The GDP number was pretty bad and things could get worse. Kai Ryssdal talks about the GDP and nationalization with Portfolio.com's Felix Salmon and The Atlantic's Meghan McArdle.
House Republicans, none of whom voted for President Obama's stimulus plan, are mounting a campaign to defend their positions as pressure from critics and constituents builds. Jeremy Hobson reports.
The U.S. economy suffered its biggest slowdown in more than 25 years, according to last quarter's GDP figures. And with inventory piling up and consumers slow to buy new things, the outlook's not good. Mitchell Hartman reports.
