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.

Asian markets all closed in the red today. Renita Jablonski looks into why with Scott Tong in Shanghai, who blames fears of a global recession and explains why investors can no longer rely on emerging markets.

The new CEO at AIG, Ed Liddy, not only has to turn the company around, he's got to deal with some really bad press. Kai Ryssdal talks with him about the challenges ahead in our latest installment of Conversations From the Corner Office.

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.

The Fed is jockeying to control the interest rate on loans that banks make to each other. Who cares? You should. Those rates affect the ability of consumers and businesses to get loans. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

When the value of the U.S. dollar dropped, Americans traveling out of the country were bummed. But American companies made good money doing business overseas. Well, the tide is turning. Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon reports.

The heads of the three biggest ratings companies will be at a congressional hearing today to answer the big question: Where were they to help prevent this mess? Washington Bureau Chief John Dimsdale reports.

Kai Ryssdal catches up with Congressman Henry Waxman to discuss regulation. Waxman chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which has been holding hearings on corporate misbehavior.

From the Marketplace mailbox, Kai Ryssdal pulls out some of the letters sent in by listeners. In the selection: comments on calculating the poverty line, food fraud, the financial crisis and the dropping price of oil.