Another large-scale scandal rocks Wall Street as Bernard Madoff, a Wall Street titan and investment advisor was arrested for an alleged $50 billion dollar fraud against investors, WSJ's Kelsey Hubbard and Amir Efrati discuss. This video is from MarketWatch.
Longtime Wall Street investor Bernard Madoff is charged with allegedly running a hedge fund that US prosecutors say racked up billions of fraudulent losses.
The 70-year-old investor founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities was best known as chairman of the Nasdq Stock Market in the early 1990s. If true, the case may rank as one of the biggest frauds in history. Manoush Zomorodi reports from New York. SOUNDBITE: Thomas Gorman, Porter Wright. This video is from Reuters.
These days, it seems like everyone is trying to predict the financial future. Join Hoofy and Boo as Hoofy throws his hat, er, turban into the ring. Hoofy and Boo are reporters from Minyanville and they always share their personal views. This episode is named Hoofstradmus says..
Tim Draper - Draper, Fisher and Jurvetson Founder - discusses the opportunities that this recession (R) provides. Many great names were founded in times of R and there will be many opportunities for small companies and entrepreneurs. The possibilities for Venture Capitalists are many. Video is from FoxBusiness.
What is on in Europe next week. MarketWatch has a look and this page is updated weekly. Episode is for the week beginning on the 22th of December and is about: It will be a short trading week in Europe with major stock indexes closing from midday Wednesday. Regulatory review of EdF's takeover of British Energy is on the agenda, as is the final reading for Britain's GDP. Aude Lagorce, Senior Reporter, reports for MarketWatch.
The first full week of 2009 will be a busy one in the world of business and financial news, beginning with a House hearing into the alleged Bernard Madoff ponzi scheme and ending with the unemployment report. Stacey Delo reports. This video is from MarketWatch and published on January 2 2009.