Weekend Business
Weekend Business

Weekend Business

The New York Times

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Business news has never been so exciting, frightening and fast-paced. Keep up with the important news and trends in business each week with reporters and editors from the Times's business section. They're among the most knowledgeable people in the business world. Your host is Times assistant business editor Jeff Sommer.

Recent Episodes

Subprime mortgages, the euro’s troubles, and the next crisis for American banks
DEC 23, 2011
Subprime mortgages, the euro’s troubles, and the next crisis for American banks
This week — the podcast’s last waltz — features Jeff Sommer with Gretchen Morgenson on subprime mortgages, Floyd Norris on the euro’s troubles, and Tyler Cowen on the next crisis for American banks.
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32 MIN
WaMu, the Cost of Law school Accreditation and a Different Economy
DEC 16, 2011
WaMu, the Cost of Law school Accreditation and a Different Economy
This week: Jeff Sommer with Gretchen Morgenson on WaMu, David Gillen and David Segal on the cost of law school accreditation, and Christina Romer on making this time different for the economy.
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28 MIN
Institutions that are too big to fail, and improving government agencies.
DEC 9, 2011
Institutions that are too big to fail, and improving government agencies.
This week: Jeff Sommer with Diana Henriques on Bernard Madoff, Gretchen Morgenson on institutions that are too big to fail, and Robert Frank on improving government agencies like D.M.V.’s.
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28 MIN
The jobs and unemployment report may not be as positive as it seems.
DEC 2, 2011
The jobs and unemployment report may not be as positive as it seems.
This week: Jeff Sommer with David Gillen on the Nobel in economics, Catherine Rampell on jobs and unemployment, Gretchen Morgenson on bailouts, and Greg Mankiw on a walkout from his Harvard classroom.
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30 MIN
Gretchen Morgenson on rolling back rules for derivatives trading, David Gillen and Natasha Singer on the gun business, and Robert Shiller on the super committee and unemployment.
NOV 25, 2011
Gretchen Morgenson on rolling back rules for derivatives trading, David Gillen and Natasha Singer on the gun business, and Robert Shiller on the super committee and unemployment.
Gretchen Morgenson on rolling back rules for derivatives trading, David Gillen and Natasha Singer on the gun business, and Robert Shiller on the super committee and unemployment.
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31 MIN