Fallout: The Financial Crisis
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2-year colleges struggle with demand
by
Tamara Keith
Jul 14, 2009
President Obama wants to increase the number of students completing degrees at community colleges. But many of the 2-year schools are under stress from increasing demands and decreasing budgets due to the recession. Tamara Keith reports.
Not all is new at revamped GM
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Alisa Roth
Jul 14, 2009
General Motors is touting a new and restructured company. But in an effort to strengthen its business, it's bringing back key parts of its past. Alisa Roth reports.
Wall Street's new toxic asset blend
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Kai Ryssdal
Jul 13, 2009
Banks continue to bundle loans and sell them off as they work to figure out their toxic asset situation. Kai Ryssdal talks with Bob Moon about how Wall Street is up to its old tricks with a new concoction.
Study: Faith rising in banks, markets
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Alisa Roth
Jul 13, 2009
The Financial Trust Index says Americans' faith in banks, bankers and the stock market is starting to come back. Alisa Roth reports.
CIT failure would harm small business
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Steve Henn
Jul 13, 2009
You may not have heard of CIT, but hundreds of thousands of businesses rely on the bank to provide crucial lending. What would happen if the bank bites the dust? Steve Henn reports.
Help calls bog down mortgage program
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Tamara Keith
Jul 10, 2009
It's been several months since the White House began it's Making Home Affordable plan. The goal was to encourage banks to modify loans of homeowners in foreclosure. Tamara Keith reports on loan counselors who are trying to do just that.
'Mom, Dad, I'm home ... to stay a while'
Jul 10, 2009
As job losses and foreclosures continue, more people are finding they can't afford to live on their own. Host Tess Vigeland talks to personal finance author Beth Kobliner about how families can handle an adult child moving back in with the parents.
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'Big Pharma' may lose ad tax breaks
Jul 10, 2009
To help pay for the health care overhaul bill, the Obama administration may cut a tax deduction drug companies get for television advertising. Sally Herships reports.
Banks must improve loan modifications
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Tamara Keith
Jul 10, 2009
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and HUD secretary Shaun Donovan are urging some of the country's largest banks to step up their efforts to help homeowners modify their mortgages. Tamara Keith reports.
Taxpayers shorted on bailout profits
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Bill Radke
Jul 10, 2009
When the government bailed out the banks, they promised taxpayers a share in future profits. But a congressional oversight panel says taxpayers haven't seen significant profit. Bill Radke talks to professor Elizabeth Warren, head of the panel.