Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan sees improvement in the banking sector but cautions that debate over a financial crisis threatens consumer spending. He speaks with Chrystia Freeland, Thomson Reuters Consumer News editor.
Nouriel Roubini, often called ”Dr. Doom” for his gloomy outlook, says even if the U.S. debt rating is downgraded and the country ends up in a double-dip recession the rest of the world still will turn to the dollar and Treasury bonds.
Although former U.S. pay czar Kenneth Feinberg has made a career of administrating special funds for victims, he says it’s not generally a good idea to create very public programs that only help a small segment of the population.
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt says there’s a fight going on to save personal privacy on the Web, and the General Petraeus scandal illustrates just some of the issues we face. Schmidt talks with Reuters West Coast Bureau Chief Jonathan Weber at the RAND Corp.’s ”Politics Aside” conference in Culver City, California.
Emerging markets guru Mark Mobius discusses the upcoming China leadership transition and why he remains confident on the Chinese economy despite its recent slowdown. Lisa Yuriko Thomas reports.
When bad publicity hits a company, should its executives and directors give up positions on other company boards to prevent reputation loss from spreading – or stay and fight?
Yale economics professor Robert Shiller argues in his new book ”Finance and the Good Society” that Wall Street plays a vital role in America’s economic health, vitality and creativity.
JPMorgan Chase Senior Economist Jim Glassman says the Federal Reserve took the right approach by continuing Operation Twist but adds that the central bank will step up its approach if Europe falters further.
Recent oil price dips are a short term phenomenon and will have no impact on Royal Dutch Shell’s spending plans, says CEO Peter Voser.
Ben Bernanke still has plenty of options in the Fed policy arsenal — from a new twist on Operation Twist to all-out QE3. Reuters Fed correspondent Mark Felsenthal explains.