Oct 21st, 2008 · At age 80, investment banker Felix Rohatyn has weathered many fiscal storms, from playing a key role in restructuring New York City's crippling debt in the 1970s to advising Lehman Brothers in recent years. Rohatyn offers some insight on the current fiscal crisis.
Sep 9th, 2008 · Hurricane Ike is the latest of four storms that have killed more than 300 people, according to Haitian officials. Aid groups are focusing on relief operations as the nation tries to recover from the storms of the past three weeks.
Jul 20th, 2008 · Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, a retired West Point psychology professor, teaches military and police officers how to manage the crippling mental and physical effects of extreme fear. He utilizes a technique called "stress inoculation."
Jun 30th, 2008 · Threats of an actor's strike continue to hang above the entertainment industry, threatening to cripple business that's still recovering from the writer's strike. We examine the potential repercussions of an actor's strike on the economy.
May 9th, 2008 · While protests related to Tibet and the Olympics have fizzled out on the streets, conflict continues in cyberspace. Recently, Tibetan advocacy groups and China-based foreign journalists have been hit by a wave of sophisticated computer attacks that steal data, cripple Web sites and even monitor what computer users type on their computers. The attacks often come in the form of viruses attached to e-mails skillfully made to look like correspondence from people the recipient knows and trusts.
Apr 30th, 2008 · The Federal Reserve cuts a key interest rate by a quarter-point amid signs the Fed is wrapping up a rate-cutting spree meant to keep the economy out of a crippling recession. But the Fed's future course will depend on inflation and the weakness of the dollar.
Apr 22nd, 2008 · National City, a major regional bank with headquarters in Cleveland, has been struggling with subprime mortgage losses. On Monday, the bank announced a huge capital infusion and watched its already depressed stock fall even further. Dan Bobkoff reports from member station WCPN.
Mar 3rd, 2008 · South Africans have been consumed with crippling nationwide power outages and other issues closer to home, such as a much-condemned racial incident involving four white students and some black university employees. But when asked about the U.S. presidential race, the name they seem most familiar with is that of Barack Obama.