In 2008, Christopher Miraldi lost his job as a banker on Wall Street after 20 years in the business. He looked for work outside of financial services and struggled with health insurance issues in the process. Jeremy Hobson checks in with Miraldi two years after they first met.
Kai Ryssdal speaks to Leigh Gallagher from Fortune Magazine and Felix Salmon from Reuters about Ben Bernanke's latest statement and what's going down on Wall Street.
U.S. companies have more money on hand than they have had in a while. But, they're not using it to give you a job. Why? Reporter Eve Troeh talks the details with Bill Radke.
Companies know what it's like not to have cash, so for the past few quarters, they've been hoarding cash — and they're unlikely to let go of it until there's more consumer demand.
Three years ago the stock market hit an all-time high. On October 3, 2007, the Dow closed at 14,164. Fortune Magazine's Allan Sloan talks with Steve Chiotakis about the lessons to be learned from expecting too much out of the stock market.
Kai Ryssdal talks to Leigh Gallagher from Fortune magazine and John Carney from CNBC about whether they feel better that they know what caused the Flash Crash and if TARP was a success or not.