The Euro dropped in global markets just one day after Europe announced a near-$1 trillion bailout. Continuing coverage from European correspondent Stephen Beard.
The leaders of a handful of major trading exchanges met with SEC regulators over the momentary 1,000 point tumble last week on Wall Street. There was agreement there should be a uniform system of circuit breakers to slow down trading in case of a sudden crash. Jeremy Hobson reports.
A new amendment to the Senate's financial regulation bill would ban investment banks from betting against that products that they sell to their customers. Stacey Vanek-Smith talks to Marketplace's John Dimsdale.
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon and The Big Money's Heidi Moore talk with Kai Ryssdal about what happened when the Dow plunged this week, and whether the fall will help with financial reform.
Investors are looking at the debt problems in Europe and the effect they're having on the credit markets there. A number of indicators point to a tightening of credit at European banks. Jeremy Hobson reports.
In the rehashing of what happened on the stock market yesterday, the fight has largely come down to computers versus people. Some are blaming so-called high-frequency trading and others take the fat-finger theory that a trader typed in too many zeroes in a sell order. Amy Scott reports.
Theories continue to circulate as to the reasons behind yesterday's wild ride on the Dow. But if this was truly a case of a "fat-finger" trade, this wouldn't be the first time. Stacey Vanek-Smith talks to Marketplace's Brett Neely.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 1000 points. Reporter Jeremy Hobson talks with Kai Ryssdal about how much the Greek debt crisis played into the plunge, other factors that led to the fall, and what's going to happen at tomorrow's open.
Members of the commission looking into the causes of the financial crisis thoroughly grilled former Bear Stearns executives. The commission was looking into how banks fudge their quality reports. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports that banks are still doing it.
As the Senate starts to explore specifics of financial reform legislation, one White House proposal would target big banks for $90 billion over the next 10 years. And banks may have trouble lobbying against it. John Dimsdale reports.
