Tonight, U.S. President Obama is set to announce an increase of up to 30,000 more troops for the Afghan mission. He will have to sell the plan to a nation that's already stretched financially. BNN speaks to Marco Vicenzino, director, Global Strategy Project, about the American president's potential for success in Afghanistan.
UPS Canada has made a multi-million dollar bet on holiday shipping in Canada, upgrading one of its largest distribution centres. Why expand during a recession? BNN speaks to Mike Tierney, president, UPS Canada.
The U.N. climate change conference is set to begin in Copenhagen next week, and supporters of both sides of the issue are speaking out loudly in the lead up to the meeting. One prominent figure in British politics says that the anti-global warming movement is a religion, and not based on science. BNN speaks to Lord Nigel Lawson, former chancellor of the Exchequer.
While most people are still feeling the negative after effects of the subprime mortgage meltdown, one man profited from the crisis. BNN speaks to Gregory Zuckerman, author, "The Greatest Trade Ever," which looks at John Paulson's bet against the housing market which netted him billions.