Latest 60 Minutes: Business videos
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Banking: A Crack In the Swiss Vault
August 15, 2010 | 5:00 PM PDT
Swiss bank accounts offered people, including U.S. tax cheats, a safe place to hide money. But the largest Swiss bank has released formerly sacrosanct data on its U.S. customers because of tips provided by whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld, who tells Steve Kroft some of the secrets Swiss bankers never tell.
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The Liquidator
June 20, 2010 | 5:00 PM PDT
The man in charge of recovering assets from Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff says there is about $18 billion still out there that he hopes to recover for victims of the scam. But it won't be easy. Morley Safer reports.
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Mortgages: Walking Away
May 9, 2010 | 4:53 PM PDT
It's estimated that one million Americans walked away from homes "underwater" or worth less than their mortgages even though they could afford the payments. Morley Safer reports on this trend, called strategic default, that threatens the economic recovery.
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Patented Genes
April 4, 2010 | 5:00 PM PDT
Should companies be able to own human genes? Morley Safer examines the idea of biotech firms patenting genes for profit.
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Inside The Collapse, Part 2
March 14, 2010 | 12:07 PM PDT
Michael Lewis talks about the current situation on Wall Street, the large bonuses still being paid and his predictions for the future of the industry. Steve Kroft reports.
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Inside The Collapse, Part 1
March 14, 2010 | 12:04 PM PDT
Michael Lewis writes about a handful of Wall Street outsiders who realized the subprime mortgage business was a house of cards and found a way to bet against it. Steve Kroft reports.
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Davos: World Economic Forum
February 14, 2010 | 9:58 AM PST
Nowhere in the world can such a concentration of power be found than at the World Economic Forum's meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Scott Pelley gets an inside look.
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A Crack In The Swiss Vault
January 3, 2010 | 5:30 PM PST
Switzerland's largest bank has given authorities formerly sacrosanct info on its U.S. customers because of tips provided by a whistleblower, who tells Steve Kroft the secrets Swiss bankers never tell.
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Wilmington's Long Recession
December 20, 2009 | 5:15 PM PST
Scott Pelley returns to Wilmington, Ohio, to see how residents are coping a year after thousands of them lost their jobs when the town's largest employer shut down.
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The Movie Pirates
November 1, 2009 | 5:00 PM PST
They are the bane of Hollywood: criminals who copy films and distribute them illegally on the Internet, costing Hollywood billions in lost revenue. Lesley Stahl reports.
