Daniel Gross appears in the following:
Long-Term Bets
Thursday, April 09, 2009
The Obama administration continues to try and lure the private sector into buying up toxic assets, but is the PPIP program working? Newsweek’s Daniel Gross examines the details. And, gambling is being contested in New Jersey – and it’s unclear what the smart money thinks will happen. Plus, how effective ...
Revamping regulations
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is heading to Capitol Hill this morning to outline a sweeping overhaul of federal financial regulations. Early leaks of his testimony say the plan woul...
Confidence Game
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Daniel Gross, senior editor at Newsweek, Slate columnist and the author of Dumb Money: How Our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation (Free Press, 2009), talks about AIG, public-private toxic asset purchases, the rebounding Dow, and the elusive pursuit of public confidence.
Money doesn't grow on trees
Friday, March 20, 2009
The Federal Bank’s latest move to inject $1 trillion into the economy has created quite a stir this week. But what does it mean when the bank of all banks creates money from what som...
February 2009 unemployment rate jumps to 8.1 percent
Friday, March 06, 2009
Unemployment numbers just came out and they tell a dismal story. The jobless rate jumped to 8.1 percent in February 2009. That's the highest level in more than 25 years. American payr...
AIG's $62-billion loss highlights change from life insurance company to toxic asset holder
Monday, March 02, 2009
Markets opened lower this morning after news that the federal government is bailing out insurance giant AIG for the fourth time. The announcement came on the heels of AIG posting a $6...
Stimulus Bill Reaction
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Daniel Gross, senior editor at Newsweek and Slate contributor, and Jonathan Allen, reporter for CQPolitics.com, talk about the senate stimulus bill. Question of the Day: What do you think the CEO cap should be? Comment below!
The Dow tanks on Inauguration Day
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
What a way to start an administration. As if things weren't bleak enough already, even as President Obama was giving his inauguration speech, the Dow was plunging, taking its biggest ...
The shrinking of Citigroup
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Despite a massive bailout back in November, giant financial services conglomerate Citigroup is considering radical measures to save itself. The company is likely to sell off its broke...
Despite pledges of transparency, the bailout remains opaque
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Treasury and the Fed said they would be open about where the taxpayers' trillions of dollars are going. But two months into the bailout, we still don't know important details about th...
The U.S. car industry: Not just Detroit anymore
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Foreign carmakers have constructed massive plants in the South that now produce one-third of all cars manufactured on our shores.
"A lot of these Southern senators don't see the...
Bernanke may go beyond zero
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Zip. Zilch. Nada. Goose-Egg. The result of a series of meetings the Fed is holding this week may result in Chairman Ben Bernanke lowering the interest rate to 0%. But what is a Fed Ch...
Unemployment at 6.7%--and that's a lagging indicator
Friday, December 05, 2008
And the leading indicators aren't looking any better.
"They have to bang some heads together and say this is what's going on — these are the systemic problems we've been having. ...
Ethical subprime mortgages
Monday, November 17, 2008
"They say 'We have a double bottom line.' They are concerned about the community and concerned about making profits."
--Daniel Gross on ethical subprime lending
--Daniel Gross on ethical subprime lending
Paulson Speaks
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Live coverage of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's remarks on the financial bailout plan with analysis by Daniel Gross, senior editor of Newsweek and Slate columnist. What do you think: How is Paulson managing the distribution of the $700 billion package? Comment below!
Massive Bailout
Monday, September 22, 2008
Daniel Gross, senior editor at Newsweek and Moneybox columnist for Slate, talks about the $700 billion bailout proposal.
Then:
Stephen Moore, editorial board member for the Wall Street Journal, talks about why he's anti-bailout.
Should Congress approve the measure? Comment below!
First Responders
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Daniel Gross, columnist for Slate and Newsweek, looks at how John McCain and Barack Obama are responding to this week's financial troubles.
Economic Wrap-Up
Friday, September 12, 2008
Daniel Gross, columnist for Slate and Newsweek, forecasts a bleak future for banking giant Washington Mutual, and talks about other top stories in economic news.
