The Shanghai stock market has just released a new product: stock index futures, a brand new category which will allow Chinese investors to bet on the market even if it's not going up. Scott Tong reports.
Sam Zell's aggressive cost-cutting measures didn't prevent the Tribune company from filing for Chapter 11. Now the company is making a plan to emerge from bankruptcy, and it may find itself in good shape down the road. Mitchell Hartman reports.
Analysts are predicting a strong first quarter for earnings, thanks to the fact that consumers are spending again. Brett Neely explores market projections and why they're more robust over last year.
Last year, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that government bailouts would end up costing taxpayers $250 billion. Now officials say that figure has dropped to $89 billion. Bob Moon talks to Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson.
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission continues meeting with former top investment executives exploring how to prevent a future financial crisis. Bill Radke talks to Marketplace's Amy Scott.
Citibank's former CEO and others are testifying before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission about the bank's role in the financial crisis. Steve Chiotakis talks to the panel's vice-chairman, former Republican Congressman Bill Thomas.
Goldman Sachs released its annual shareholder letter detailing what happened in 2009, and it's the longest letter to date. Marketplace's Amy Scott tells Bill Radke why the word "client" was used 56 times.
Officials in Germany, France and Britain want to enact a global bank tax, one U.K. prime minister Gordon Brown hopes would prevent bankers from shopping around for relief in other countries. Bob Moon talks to Marketplace's Stephen Beard.
