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Home loan servicers urged to do more

Jul 28, 2009
Executives of the top mortgage servicing companies met with Treasury and HUD officials today to discuss expanding the "Making Homes Affordable" program. So far, the plan has done little to stop foreclosures. Tamara Keith reports.

Regulators may restrict energy trading

Jul 28, 2009
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission may impose trading limits on energy markets, particularly crude oil, natural gas and other products of finite supply, in an effort to curb financial speculators from driving prices higher like they have in the past. Sarah Gardner reports.

Novel traces one man's financial legacy

Jul 27, 2009
Kai Ryssdal talks with author Iain Pears about his new historical novel, "Stone's Fall," which follows the harrowing financial legacy of one man from Victorian London through to his death in 1953.

Good times roll again for U.K. bankers

Jul 27, 2009
Bonus culture is booming once again for employees the U.K.'s biggest banks just six months after many were near collapse. The government wants to buckle down on big pay, but must tread carefully. Stephen Beard explains why.

What's at root of LendingTree slogan

Jul 24, 2009
The LendingTree.com slogan "When banks compete, you win" has given way to "You to the rescue." Host Bob Moon talks with the company's CEO and a wealth manager about whether the change indicates a new approach consumers' are taking with their finances.

States use Work Share to limit layoffs

Jul 24, 2009
Several states are trying to reduce layoffs with a program called Work Share. When companies cut work hours, the states make up the difference in employees' paychecks by tapping unemployment benefits. Cathy Duchamp reports.

Weekly Wrap: All about health care

Jul 24, 2009
Kai Ryssdal talks with Megan McArdle of The Atlantic's Business Channel and Leigh Gallagher of Fortune Magazine about the week's dominating health-care debate.

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Is high-frequency trading fair and safe?

Jul 24, 2009
High-frequency traders on Wall Street use powerful computers to react quickly to tiny changes in stock prices. But critics say big hedge funds are using this method to bully smaller traders into submission. Amy Scott reports.

Regulators not in step with Obama plan

Jul 24, 2009
The heads of the four big financial regulators offered their input on President Obama's plan to overhaul oversight of the financial system. What lawmakers saw was a good, old-fashioned power struggle. John Dimsdale reports.

Market's rally ends 'dark pessimism'

Jul 23, 2009
Champagne corks started popping early this morning on Wall Street as the Dow crept past 9,000 points. But will it stay there? Jeremy Hobson reports.