Bear Stearns

Echoes of Gekko

Arts, Culture & Media

The sequel to Oliver Stone’s 1987 film Wall Street is set to be released this spring, and Michael Douglas is back as the deliciously unctuous Gordon Gekko. [Update – 3/11: The film’s release date has been pushed back to September.] My favorite part of the trailer (posted below) is when a prison guard, returning Gekko’s […]

A Troubled Global Economy

Can Goldman Sachs Restore Its Image?

The World

Takeouts: health care, hedge funds, and listeners on credit cards

Conflict & Justice
The World

Economic indicators

The World

New European satellite

Environment

The Europeans launch a satellite that will go way up there… to measure the effects of gravity…way down here. Anchor Lisa Mullins has details.

The World

Bear Stearns employee looks back

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Irina Lunina, a former Bear Stearns employee from Russia who wrote about her experiences at the now-defunct investment firm for the New York Times. It’s been one year since Bear Stearns collapsed, signaling the beginning of the global financial crisis.

The World

Global market jitters

The World’s Matthew Bell reports on global reaction to the latest indications that the US economy is in a recession, as stock markets around the world stumbled today following news of a buyout of the Wall Street firm Bear Stearns.

The World

Ben Olken

Faith talks to Harvard economist Ben Olken about whether political leaders really have the power to save a faltering economy, as presidential hopefuls like to promise on the campaign trail.