Thursday, January 6th - NBR from Nightly Business Report - NBR Podcast | PBS

Soft sales deliver hard realities to retailers. The President's oil spill commission places blame for the Gulf Oil Disaster. Sin City hosts the consumer electronics show. We examine the gadgets, games and must haves. And author Burton Malkiel says index funds are where best to invest. Download the podcast here.

Friday, December 31st - NBR from Nightly Business Report - NBR Podcast | PBS

2010 ends and we have your Market Outlook for 2011. Auto dealers hope to ride the sales wave into the new year. Greg Farrell Author of Crash of the Titans discusses the Bank of America buyout of Merrill Lynch. And our last Market Monitor of the year is Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist, Standard Poors. Download the podcast here.

Monday, December 27th - NBR from Nightly Business Report - NBR Podcast | PBS

Bad weather comes at the end of a busy holiday season. We talk to ”Fault Lines” author Raghuram Rajan about his book on the world economy. Jobs Outlook-- will unemployment get better in 2011? This week in sports we talk $100 million plus contracts and college bowl games. Some ideas on how to get a handle on the country's IOU's, he's economist Mark Zandi. Download the podcast here.

Renting vs. Owning Homes from Money File - Nightly Business Report | PBS

With lots of foreclosures and low home prices author Ramit Sethi thinks renting is a better option.

Download the podcast of the NBR show here. See also: I Will Teach You To Be Rich, Recruit or Die: How Any Business Can Beat the Big Guys in the War for Young Talent, Ramit Sethi