Nightly Business Report - NBR Podcast | PBS

Nightly Business Report - NBR Podcast | PBS

Nightly Business Report anchors Paul Kangas and Susie Gharib bring you trusted reporting and analysis of Wall Street trends, stock market performance, the economy, and more. Popular segments include Paul Kangas' Stocks in the News, Market Monitor on Fridays, and Street Critique on Wednesdays. NBR's fast-paced take on business news has been a staple of public television for three decades. The program airs weeknights on PBS. Check local listings for the time in your area. Visit NBR online at www.pbs.org/nbr for in-depth analysis, streaming video, RSS feeds, financial tools, and XChange - The NBR Blog.

Category: Business
Language: en-US
Last Update: 2008-05-13
Subscriptions: 14
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Top stories include American consumers are still shopping, Ben Bernanke says things are getting better in the credit market, it looks like Carl Icahn is building a stake in Yahoo, and farmers are turning to science to beef up corn yields as our series Green Options: Fuel kicks off.
play download Published: 2008-05-13
Top stories include the credit crunch is nearly over so says JP Morgan Chase. The first quarter earnings season is almost over with 90 percent of S&P500 companies. The baby boomers are coming of age… retirement age that is so tonight we kick off our year long series of reports to help you Get Your Finances Ready for Retirement, and then no raspberries for shares of Blackberry maker Research in Motion today as investors sent to stock to an all time high on hopes for its new Blackberry Bold.
play download Published: 2008-05-12
Top stories include oil hit a new record high again today, flirting with $126 dollars a barrel. Citi is banking on big changes, the nation’s largest bank plans to sell 400 billion dollars in assets. Tonight’s market monitor guest says the stock market has seen its worst days, he’s Alfred Goldman at Wachovia Securities, and then we wrap up our series, A Take of 5 Cities as we look at Cape Coral Florida.
play download Published: 2008-05-09
Top stories include Americans are flocking to big discount retailers with gas prices at record levels. Walmart and Costco were big winners when it came to April sales. Shares of AIG plunge in after hours trading; the insurance giant posted its biggest loss ever. We continue our series, A Tale of 5 Cities as we look at California's Silicon Valley, and from adding solar panels to using less toxic chemicals in the lab, many hospitals are going green… details ahead in tonight's Bill of Health.
play download Published: 2008-05-08
Top stories include $123 dollars a barrel and counting today as oil has hit a record high every day this week. Pending home sales continue to drop while the fight over the mortgage mess continues in congress. With commodities prices at record levels, tonight’s street critique tells us why she’s bullish on scarp metal firms, she’s Hilary Kramer, and then shares of Crocs headed sharply higher in after hour trading.
play download Published: 2008-05-07
Top stories include revenues are up at Cisco Systems, we talk with Chairman John Chambers. Fannie Mae’s Chief Executive says when it comes to the mortgage mess, we’re still in the thick of it. Disney says its theme park and resort business is going strong despite the nation’s economic woes, and we continue our take of five cities series as we look at the real estate market in New York.
play download Published: 2008-05-06
Top stories include crude oil prices spike and Microsoft drops its bid for Yahoo. NBR anchor Susie Gharib reports on this weekend's Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders' Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. Plus, NBR's A Tale of 5 Cities series begins with a report on the housing market in the Washington, D.C. region.
play download Published: 2008-05-05
Top stories include the US economy lost twenty thousand jobs last month, but that’s fewer than expected. Just days after cutting interest rates for the seventh time, the Fed is pumping more cash into the credit markets. Tonight’s market monitor is Julius Maldutis, and then we head to Macau, the coastal Chinese city that’s quickly becoming the world’s largest gaming destination.
play download Published: 2008-05-02
Top stories include oil giant Exxon Mobil disappointed Wall Street today despite reporting 11 billion dollars in profits. Sky high fuel prices played a big role in the latest auto sales numbers. Fuel surcharges, fewer flights and higher ticket prices… they’re just some of the frustrations facing air travelers these days. Then we introduce you to Peter Buffett, the youngest of Warren Buffett’s children as we wrap up our series, Meet the Buffetts.
play download Published: 2008-05-01
Top stories include the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point today. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson still sees headwinds for the US economy, but he tells Nightly Business Report that the credit markets are stabilizing. For GM, growing sales abroad help ease the pain of the stalled US automaker. Then we introduce you to Susie Buffett, as we continue our series Meet the Buffetts.
play download Published: 2008-04-30
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