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What Has Occupy Wall Street Been Up To?
While today's renewed protests are getting a lot of attention, a small group of activists has been quietly working within the financial system to change America's regulatory processes.
May 1, 2012
From Bear to Lehman: Documents Reveal an Alternate History
On the heels of investment bank Bear Stearns’ sudden collapse in March of 2008, the New York Federal Reserve Bank, then led by President Timothy Geithner, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dispatched teams of investigators to the four largest remaining investment banks.
May 1, 2012
Report: Murdoch "Not a Fit Person" to Run News Corp.
A scathing – but politically split – report by a British Parliamentary committee found that the media mogul exercised "willful blindness" during the phone-hacking scandal at News of the World.
May 1, 2012
The Big Takeaways From This Week's Murdoch Testimony
This week has been abuzz with news about James and Rupert Murdoch's testimony at an inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal. So what was revealed? And what's next for News Corp.? To keep you (very smartly) updated, here's analysis from key reporters who have been following Rupert Murdoch and the media for years.
April 27, 2012
Live Chat 2:30 p.m. ET: How Do You Stop A Financial Meltdown? (Hour 2)
Join Money, Power and Wall Street producers Michael Kirk and Mike Wiser for a live chat featuring guest questioner Andrew Ross Sorkin from The New York Times. You can leave a question now.
April 26, 2012
The Buzz Around "Money, Power and Wall Street"
Financial journalists, Occupy Wall Street activists and even a senior economic adviser to President Obama all took to the internet to talk about last night’s broadcast of the first half of "Money, Power and Wall Street."
April 25, 2012
Two Years Later, First Criminal Charges Filed in BP Oil Spill
Two years after oil from a BP well began gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice has filed criminal charges alleging that a former BP employee destroyed critical evidence in the early days of the unfolding disaster.
April 25, 2012
Live Chat 1 p.m. ET: Down the Financial Rabbit Hole (Hour 1)
Join Money, Power and Wall Street correspondent Martin Smith and producer Marcela Gaviria for a live chat featuring guest questioner Gillian Tett from the Financial Times. You can leave a question now.
April 25, 2012
Next Week: How the Financial Crisis Never Ended
Money, Power and Wall Street continues next Tuesday (watch a preview above), with an inside look at how the Obama administration, including a divided economic team, has handled the crisis and how the financial world has returned to many of the practices that created the meltdown in the first place.
April 24, 2012
3h 47m
Money, Power and Wall Street
In a special investigation, FRONTLINE goes inside the struggles to rescue and repair a shattered economy
April 24, 2012