Steve Chiotakis

Kenneth Rosen, a housing economist from the University of California Berkeley, explains why the housing market is in a period of sustained but choppy growth.

A new study shows that barking is common in domesticated dogs, but nearly absent in their wild counterparts. Did dogs evolve into barkers after humans made them pets?

Following the death of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, Dr. Farzana Shaikh -- author of "Making Sense of Pakistan" -- believes that the delicate financial relationship between the United States and Pakistan will change.

Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow for the Brookings Institution, analyzes Osama bin Laden's death and the budgetary toll on the U.S.

Emergency aid is on the way to the South, which has been ravaged by massive storms and tornadoes. Morning Report host Steve Chiotakis is in his home state of Alabama and discusses the damage there.

While much of Japan suffers from Friday's earthquake and tsunami, the business culture perseveres.

The $700-billion government bailout saved the U.S. from a depression, according to a congressional watchdog. But it also had a downside for our economy.

As the nuclear situation intensifies at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, many companies face tough decisions around relocating employees and business abroad.

As the world watches the disaster in Japan unfold, Barry Scanlon, president of the emergency preparedness firm Witt Associates, explains how the U.S. would handle an earthquake similar to Japan's.

Tom Byrne, senior vice president for Moody's in Singapore, explains how he calculates whether a natural disaster affects a country's credit rating.