Latest 60 Minutes: Business videos
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Preview: The Man Who Knew
March 10, 2009 | 2:33 PM PDT
Harry Markopolos repeatedly told the Securities and Exchange Commission that Bernie Madoff's investment fund was a fraud. He was ignored, however, and investors lost billions of dollars.
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Your Bank Has Failed
March 8, 2009 | 6:10 PM PDT
What would happen if your local bank failed? Scott Pelley and "60 Minutes" were given extraordinary access, as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation moves in to take over a failed bank in Chicago.
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Planning The Takeover
March 8, 2009 | 3:01 PM PDT
Cheryl Bates and her FDIC team have specialists in every banking area to ease the takeover.
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Calming Nerves
March 8, 2009 | 3:01 PM PDT
Cheryl Bates understands why bank customers are nervous after a federal takeover.
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How A "Bad Bank" Might Be Good
March 8, 2009 | 3:01 PM PDT
FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair on the need for banks to rid themselves of troubled assets.
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How Many More Will Fail?
March 8, 2009 | 3:01 PM PDT
The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Sheila Bair, expects more bank failures ahead.
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Doing The Math
March 8, 2009 | 3:01 PM PDT
By and large, America's banks are in good shape, according to Sheila Bair, the head of the FDIC.
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The Need For Secrecy
March 8, 2009 | 3:01 PM PDT
Preventing a "run" on the banks is the FDIC's first priority.
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Notebook: Madoff Whistleblower
March 6, 2009 | 8:33 AM PST
Steve Kroft speaks about Harry Markopolos, who was working with an investment firm when he got the OK to alert the SEC about the Madoff investment scandal.
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Napster
March 4, 2009 | 7:24 AM PST
Shawn Fanning's first Windows application was Napster, the program that opened the door to file sharing.
