We all know about the crisis in residential real estate. But what about the commercial real estate market? Is it going to collapse as some experts and pundits are predicting? Jeremy Hobson reports.
In the last three months banks have foreclosed on nearly a million homes — up almost 25% over last year. And such actions are spreading to more middle-class and upper-income neighborhoods. Curt Nickisch reports.
The House Financial Services Committee has passed new regulations for derivatives, those complex insurance policies reponsible, in part, for the collapses at Lehman Brothers and AIG. John Dimsdale reports.
Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and JPMorgan-Chase have gotten a lot of attention for their better-than-expected quarterly earnings. But what about the 8,000 other banks in the U.S. that have to be working right for the economy to get better? Jeff Tyler reports.
A report from the Special Inspector General overseeing the bailout at AIG says execs at the troubled insurance giant are clashing with government officials over bonuses. Reporter Steve Henn discusses the details with Steve Chiotakis.
A diary written during the Great Depression by a young lawyer named Benjamin Roth is now a book edited by his son, Daniel Roth, and James Ledbetter. The editors talk with Kai Ryssdal about what the diary means for today.
As jury selection continues in the trial of two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers, Kai Ryssdal talks with trial consultant Susan MacPherson about how lawyers pick jurors for such complex and high-profile cases.
The first criminal trial to come out of the financial crisis is underway. Two former Bear Stearns hedge-fund managers are charged with misleading investors. Amy Scott reports.
A House committee is expected to debate and likely vote on a bill that would create a consumer watchdog agency for financial products. But there is opposition. Tamara Keith reports.
Despite the gains in the housing market, programs to help at-risk homeowners aren't doing enough to save millions of American from foreclosure, according to a new report. Steve Henn has the story.
