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DECEMBER
December 31, 2002
Slow
Season
Retail sales were down this holiday season. After a background report,
Ray Suarez talks with the vice president of the National Retail Federation,
and a professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School.
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December 27, 2002
Turbulent
Times
Tom Bearden reports on the United Airlines bankruptcy case and the
larger problems facing much of the airline industry.
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December 20, 2002
Nickel
and Dimed
Many of the working poor in America have suffered in the latest
economic slowdown. Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles reports on how one woman
and her family cope.
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December 20, 2002
Paying
Up
Several major Wall Street firms announced a settlement to end the investigations
into corporate scandal. They agreed to pay $1 billion in fines and change the
way they do business. Terence Smith discusses the settlement and what it means
for the marketplace with James Cox, professor of corporate and securities law
at Duke University; and Charles Elson, director of the Center for Corporate
Governance at the University of Delaware.
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December 12, 2002
Economic
Picks
After a report on the selection of Stephen Friedman to head the National Economic Council,
Ray Suarez discusses the new economic team with John Castellani, president of
the Business Roundtable; Nell Minow, editor of the Corporate Library; Ken Kies,
managing director of the federal policy group of Clark/Bardes Consulting; and
Jeff Madrick, author and columnist for the New York Times.
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December 10, 2002
Policing
Wall Street
Gwen Ifill discusses the selection of William Donaldson to become
the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission with Robert Mintz,
head of the government investigations and white collar crime practice at McCarter
and English, a New Jersey-based law firm; and Jack Coffee, a law professor at
Columbia University Law School.
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December 10, 2002
Bankrupt
Ray Suarez discusses the rough road ahead for a bankrupt United Airlines with
Harvard University law professor Elizabeth Warren and Paul Stephen Dempsey,
professor of law and director of the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill
University.
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December 9, 2002
New
Man at Treasury
After a report from Kwame Holman, Jim Lehrer discusses President Bush's nomination of railroad
conglomerate chief John Snow to replace outgoing Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill
with guests Jerry Jasinowski, president of the National Association of Manufacturers,
and Robert Lenzner, national editor of Forbes Magazine.
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December 9, 2002
Bankrupt
Elizabeth Brackett looks at how United Airlines' bankruptcy is affecting the
company's employees.
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December 6, 2002
Economic
Shakeup
Ray Suarez discusses the resignation by both Treasury Secretary
Paul O'Neill and senior economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey with Robert Hormats,
managing director of Goldman Sachs; Diane Swonk, chief economist at Bank One
Corporation; and David Sanger, White House correspondent for The New York Times.
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December 5, 2002
United
Faces Bankruptcy
For the latest on United Airlines' financial troubles,
Ray Suarez talks with Paul Merrion, a senior reporter who covers aviation for
Crain's Chicago Business, a weekly newspaper.
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December 5, 2002
Executive
Excess: Part 4
In the final installment in a series on executive pay and
performance, business correspondent Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston talks with former
General Electric CEO Jack Welch, one of the key business leaders of the last
decade.
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December 4, 2002
Executive
Excess: Part 3
In the third part of his series on CEO pay and performance,
Paul Solman of WGBH Boston looks at the CEO "corporate superstar" image.
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December 3, 2002
Executive
Excess: Part 2
In part two in the series on executive pay and performance,
Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston examines how the marketplace determines a CEO's salary.
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December 2, 2002
Executive
Excess: Part 1
In the first of a series of reports on executive pay and
performance, Paul Solman of WGBH Boston examines how CEO pay played into recent
corporate scandals.
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NOVEMBER
November 29, 2002
The
Search Engine that Could
Spencer Michels reports on the economic and technical
success story behind the Google search engine.
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November 28, 2002
Unemployment
Benefits
Business correspondent Paul Solman on the latest debate over extending
unemployment benefits.
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November 6, 2002
The
Economy: Quitting and Cutting
Ray Suarez looks at the resignation of Securities
and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt and the Federal Reserve's half
point interest rate cut with Donald Langevoort, a Georgetown University law
professor and a former special counsel at the SEC, and Lakshman Achuthan, managing
director of the Economic Cycle Research Institute.
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November 1, 2002
The
Microsoft Decision
Ray Suarez discusses the court decision on the Microsoft
antitrust case with Andrew Gavil, professor of domestic and international antitrust
law at Howard University, and Peter Coffee, technology editor at e-week, a weekly
newspaper covering the Internet business world.
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OCTOBER
October 29, 2002
Accounting
and Politics
Ray Suarez first looks at the controversy surrounding the new
federal board created to oversee the accounting industry. Then he talks with
Joseph Grundfest, a former commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission,
and Nancy Smith, former director of the SEC's investor education office.
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October 24, 2002
Update:
On the Waterfront
Spencer Michels updates the dock workers story.
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October 17, 2002
Market
Moods
Ray Suarez assesses Wall Street's mood swings with Gretchen Morgenson,
financial writer and columnist for The New York Times.
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October 10, 2002
Profits
and Principles
Jeffrey Kaye looks at two companies in Southern California
that are trying to prove that the garment business can make a profit without
exploiting their workers.
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October 8, 2002
On
the Waterfront
Margaret Warner examines President Bush's decision to ask
for a court order reopening 29 West Coast ports with Harley Shaiken, a professor
at the University of California at Berkeley, and Charles Craver, a professor
of labor and employment law at George Washington University Law School.
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October 4, 2002
Unemployment
Update
Ray Suarez discusses the unexpected improvement in the unemployment
rate with Ron Bird, chief economist with the Employment Policy Foundation, a
nonprofit educational and research organization; and Rebecca Blank, an economist
and dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of
Michigan.
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October 3, 2002
On
the Waterfront
Spencer Michels reports with an update on the impact of shutting down West Coast docks. For analysis, Ray Suarez speaks
with Peter Olney, associate director of the Institute for Labor and Employment
at the University of California, Berkeley; Steve Cabot, a labor relations lawyer
with Harvey-Pennington; and John Mitchell, an economist at U.S. Bank in Portland,
Oregon.
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October 2, 2002
Called
to Account
Margaret Warner discusses the charges against former Enron finance
chief Andrew Fastow with Kurt Eichenwald, who has been covering the case for
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SEPTEMBER
September 24, 2002
Uncertain
Economy
Terence Smith analyzes the troubled U.S. economy with William Spriggs,
an economist and director of the National Urban League Institute for Opportunity
and Equality; Nancy Kimmelman, chief economist at SEI Investments; and Ellen
Franks, professor of economics at Emmanuel College in Boston.
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September 23, 2002
Goal
Line Economics
Paul Solman of WGBH Boston looks at the economics of professional
football.
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September 19, 2002
On
the Waterfront
Spencer Michels on the far-reaching implications of a West
Coast dock strike.
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September 16, 2002
Executive
Perks
Ray Suarez talks about the pay and perks given to corporate CEOs with
Rakesh Khurana, an assistant professor at the Harvard Business School, and Robin
Ferracone, a partner with Mercer Human Resource Consulting, an executive compensation
consulting firm.
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September 4, 2002
Wall
Street Watch
Ray Suarez discusses the uncertain state of the stock market
with Jay Pelosky, a global strategist for Morgan Stanley, and Marion Asnes,
senior editor at Money magazine.
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September 2, 2002
Jobs
and the Economy
On this holiday celebrating labor, Terence Smith talks to
Christine Owens of AFL-CIO and Martin Regalia of Chamber of Commerce about how
the economy is affecting people's jobs.
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September 1, 2002
Forum: Dream Houses
Many residents of Burlington, Vermont who earn the median salary cannot afford to buy or rent a median-priced house or apartment -- and the disparity continues to grow with the housing market boom. What does this mean on a national level? Housing experts Wendell Cox and Susan Popkin answer your questions. |
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AUGUST
August 27, 2002
Wall
Street Yin and Yang
Paul Solman reports on two friends with contrasting
views of the stock market.
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August 22, 2002
Sparing
No Expense
Paul Solman reports on the high cost of medicine.
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August 21, 2002
Called
to Account
Terence Smith discusses former Enron financial executive Michael
Kopper's guilty plea with Kurt Eichenwald from the New York Times and Robert
Mintz, a former assistant U.S. attorney.
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August 15, 2002
Bidding
for Success
Spencer Michels reports on eBay's online success amid the dot-com
failures.
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August 14, 2002
Vouching
for Veracity
Business corespondent Paul Solman reports on the newest test
of corporate accountability. For further analysis, Gwen
Ifill talks with Linda Griggs, former chief counsel to the chief accountant
of the SEC.
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August 13, 2002
State
of the Economy
Spencer Michels reports on President Bush's economic forum in Texas. For further analysis of the state
of the U.S. Economy, Gwen Ifill speaks with William Dunkelberg, professor of
economics at Temple University; Nancy Kimelman, chief economist at SEI Investments;
Jeff Madrick, contributing economics columnist at the New York Times and editor
of Challenge Magazine; and Kim Wallace, chief political analyst at Lehman Brothers,
a global investment bank.
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August 8, 2002
ImClone
Implodes
Jim Lehrer speaks with Catherine Arnst, a senior writer for Business
Week magazine, about the latest episode in the crackdown on corporate abuse.
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August 6, 2002
Politics
of Trade
Paul Solman reports on the ongoing international fight over the
steel trade.
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August 2, 2002
Denim
Blues
Spencer Michels reports from San Francisco on the effort to breathe
new life into an old American business.
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August 2, 2002
Reading
the Signs
Margaret Warner leads a discussion on the state of the U.S. Economy
with Ed Montgomery, professor of economics at the University of Maryland; Sandra
Shaber, senior economic adviser at DRI-WEFA, an economic consulting firm in
Philadelphia; and Ellen Frank, professor of economics at Emmanuel College in
Boston.
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August 1, 2002
Executive
Action
Terence Smith looks at the most recent crackdowns on corporate America,
including the arrest of two former WorldCom executives, with Floyd Norris, financial
columnist for The New York Times.
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August 1, 2002
Forum: Wall Street Reform
How will the Bush administration and Congress clean up Wall Street and restore investor confidence in the wake of corporate scandals? |
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JULY
July 30, 2002
Coping
with the Markets
Paul Solman discusses the ups and downs of the stock market
with some individual small investors at the University of Denver's Daniels School
of Business.
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July 30, 2002
Enron's
Bankers
Gwen Ifill looks at how the intricate business relationships between
companies like Enron link corporations to their analysts, auditors, and bankers.
For a discussion about how Enron balanced its books, Ifill talks to Sen. Carl
Levin (D- Mich.), chairman of the Senate subcommittee on investigations and
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the ranking member of that panel.
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July 26, 2002
Wall
Street's Wild Week
Terence Smith looks back on this week's volatile stock
market with Gretchen Morgensen, financial writer and columnist for The New York
Times.
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July 25, 2002
Better
Bookkeeping
Terence Smith looks at the corporate reform legislation recently
passed by Congress with Jim Cox, professor of securities law at the Duke University
law school; Nell Minow, editor of The Corporate Library, a Web site that serves
as a watchdog on corporate governance; and Robert Litan, director of economic
studies at the Heritage Foundation, a Washington research organization.
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July 24, 2002
Fraud
at Adelphia?
Spencer Michels reports
on the arrests of former executives at the Adelphia cable television company.
For analysis, Jim Lehrer discusses the development with Ron Grover of Business
Week Magazine.
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July 24, 2002
Accounting
Questions
Margaret Warner reports on the securities investigations of Halliburton,
the oil services company once headed by Vice President Dick Cheney. For analysis,
Warner is joined by Robert Bryce, an Austin-based journalist who is covering
the business industry; Vincent Love, a certified public accountant and fraud
examiner; and Donald Langevoort, former special counsel at the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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July 22, 2002
Market
Plunge
Gwen Ifill discusses the volatile performance of the stock market
with Terry Savage, a personal finance columnist for the Chicago Sun Times and
author of "The Savage Truth on Money;" and David Kotok, president
of Cumberland Advisors, a money management firm in New Jersey.
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July 22, 2002
Fallen
Giant
First, an update from Kwame Holman on telecom giant WorldCom's bankruptcy filing. Jim Lehrer
then discusses the development with Susan Kalla, a telecommunications analyst
with Friedman, Billings and Ramsey, a brokerage firm; Bob Atkinson, director
of policy research at Columbia University's Institute for Tele-Information;
and Lynn Lopucki, professor of bankruptcy law at UCLA.
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July 19, 2002
Bad
Marriage?
Margaret Warner looks at the crisis facing corporate giant AOL
Time Warner with Bill Whyman, technology analyst and president of the Precursor
Group, an investment research firm; and Jeffrey Rayport, CEO of Marketspace
and former professor at Harvard Business School.
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July 17, 2002
Wealth
and Democracy
In the wake of the recent corporate scandals, Paul Solman
talks with author Kevin Phillips about a timely new book on the role of wealth
in a democracy.
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July 16, 2002
Dealing
with Deficits
Ted Robbins of KUAT-TV Tucson reports on the problem of the
state budget deficit in Arizona.
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July 16, 2002
Weighing
Options
Margaret Warner examines the debate over how companies account for
stock options with Rick White, president and CEO of Technet, a national association
representing more than 300 senior executives from technology and investment
firms; and Jennifer Arlen, professor of law at New York University.
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July 15, 2002
Wild
Ride
Gwen Ifill looks at the day's dramatic fluctuations in the stock market
with Diane Swonk, chief economist at Bank One; and Mark Zandi, chief economist
at Economy.com.
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July 15, 2002
Better Bookkeeping
Kwame Holman reports on the latest Senate action on accounting reform legislation. For more on
corporate reform, Jim
Lehrer talks with two former SEC chairmen: Arthur Levitt from the Clinton
administration and Richard Breeden from the first Bush administration
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July 12, 2002
Cleaning Up
After an update from Kwame Holman, business correspondent Paul Solman gets three perspectives
on the recent corporate and accounting scandals from Pete Peterson, chairman
of The Blackstone Group and former Secretary of Commerce in the Nixon administration;
William George, former CEO at Medtronic, a multi-billion dollar medical technology
firm; and Richard Syron, CEO at Thermo Electron, a manufacturer of scientific
instruments.
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July 11, 2002
Sinking
Stocks
Ray Suarez looks at the sliding stock market with Lynn Stout, professor
of securities regulation at the UCLA School of Law; Eric McKissack, vice chairman
of Ariel Capital Management; and Frank Werner, associate professor of finance
at the Fordham Business Schools.
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July 11, 2002
Better
Bookkeeping
Kwame Holman reports on the Senate debate over new regulations
for corporations and their accountants.
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July 9, 2002
Newsmaker:
Paul O'Neill
Jim Lehrer interviews Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill about
the Bush administration's position on corporate responsibility.
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July 9, 2002
Better
Business
For reaction to President Bush's speech on corporate practices,
Gwen Ifill talks with Joseph Grundfest, former commissioner at the Securities
and Exchange Commission; Carolyn Woo, dean of the Mendoza College of Business
at the University of Notre Dame; and Damon Silvers, associate general counsel
at the AFL-CIO.
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July 8, 2002
Fallen
Giant
Kwame Holman reports
on the congressional hearing on the collapse of WorldCom. For further analysis,
Ray Suarez talks to Blair Levin, a telecommunications analyst at Legg Mason
and former chief of staff at the FCC; and Julia Grant, professor of accounting
at The Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.
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July 1, 2002
Wrong
Numbers
Ray Suarez looks at the latest developments in the WorldCom story
with New York Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald.
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JUNE
June 28, 2002
Money
and Ethics
Paul Solman continues in his three-part series on ethics and
corporate America with a report on the behavior of stock analysts.
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June 27, 2002
Money
and Ethics
Paul Solman discusses the recent scandals in corporate America
with five veteran business journalists.
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June 26, 2002
Wrong
Numbers
Gwen Ifill looks at the WorldCom accounting scandal with Scott Cleland,
a telecom analyst and CEO of the Precursor Group, an investment research company.
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June 26, 2002
Shaken
Markets
Ray Suarez discusses how WorldCom and other corporate scandals are
affecting investor confidence with Catherine Gordon, investment counseling and
research department head at the Vanguard Group; Lynn Stout, professor of securities
regulation at the UCLA School of Law; and Tom Gallagher, senior managing director
at the International Strategy and Investment Group.
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June 26, 2002
Money
and Ethics
Paul Solman presents the first in a series of reports on the
growing problem of ethics in corporate America.
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June 12, 2002
Newsmaker
Interview: Harvey Pitt
Jim Lehrer interviews Harvey Pitt, chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, about the tumultuous year in business and
newly proposed regulations.
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June 7, 2002
Career
Focus
Ray Suarez assesses the job market for new college graduates with
Marilyn Mackes, executive director of the National Association of Colleges and
Employers; Brian Kreeger, founder and president of collegegrad.com, an entry-level
job site for college students and recent graduates; and Cecilia Conrad, a labor
economist who teaches at Pomona College in California.
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June 4, 2002
Troubled
Giant
Terence Smith discusses the accounting troubles at Tyco International
with Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, associate dean of the Yale School of Management.
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MAY
May 29, 2002
On
the Road
Gwen Ifill looks at the economy's effect on this year's summer
travel season with Sandra Hughes, vice president of travel for AAA; Mark Orwall,
managing editor of Travel and Leisure magazine; and Kathy Sudeikis, executive
vice president of the American Society of Travel Agents.
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May 28, 2002
Home
Front
Ray Suarez discusses the nation's hot housing market with Nicholas
Retsinas, director of Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies;
and David Lereah, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors.
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May 21, 2002
Misleading
Investors?
Gwen Ifill examines the $100 million settlement over charges
that Merrill Lynch analysts misled investors. For analysis, Ifill talks with
John McConnell, professor of finance at Purdue University's Krannert School
of Management; Paul Kedrosky professor of business at the University of British
Columbia and former equity analyst at HSBC securities; and Gretchen Morgenson,
financial writer and columnist for The New York Times.
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May 20, 2002
Called
to Account
Gwen Ifill updates the legal proceedings against accounting firm
Arthur Andersen for its role in the Enron scandal. For the discussion, Ifill
is joined by Kurt Eichenwald, a New York Times reporter covering the trial,
and Ira Sorkin, former regional administrator for the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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May 15, 2002
California
Trading
Margaret Warner reports on charges that Enron manipulated energy
prices in California. For analysis, Warner is joined by Loretta Lynch, president
of the California Public Utilities Commission; and Eugene Peters, vice president
of legislative affairs at The Electric Power Supply Association.
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May 3, 2002
Economic
Directions
With unemployment reaching 6 percent, Ray Suarez discusses the
economic landscape with Gretchen Morgenson, financial writer and columnist for
The New York Times, and Ed Montgomery, professor of economics at the University
of Maryland and former deputy labor secretary during the Clinton administration.
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May 1, 2002
Boom
and Bust
Ray Suarez looks into the rise and fall of WorldCom, once a major
player in the telecommunications industry, with Blair Levin, telecommunications
analyst at Legg Mason and former chief of staff at the FCC; and Anna-Maria Kovacs,
a telecommunications analyst with Commerce Capital Markets, an institutional
research and investment banking firm.
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APRIL
April 26, 2002
End
of the Recession?
Ray Suarez discusses the upbeat economic figures with
Anne Wenzel, principal partner at Econosystems; Mark Vitner, senior economist
at Wachovia Securities; and Margaret Simms, economist and vice president for
research at The Joint Center for Political and Economic studies.
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April 19, 2002
Update:
Company in Crisis
Negotiations to settle criminal charges of obstruction
of justice against accounting firm Arthur Andersen unexpectedly collapsed this
week. Ray Suarez discusses the details with New York Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald.
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April 18, 2002
Tax
Wars
Kwame Holman covers the congressional debate over extending the Bush
administration's tax cuts.
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April 11, 2002
Pension
Reform
Kwame Holman reports on the debate in the U.S. House of Representatives
over how to best safeguard private pension funds.
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April 3, 2002
Corporate
Fallout
Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago reports on how Arthur Andersen's
corporate problems are affecting its employees.
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April 2, 2002
Stretching
the Dough
Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston examines the corporate connection between
Wall Street expectations and hyped accounting numbers.
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April 1, 2002
Forum: Preserving Pensions
What should the government do to protect workers' pension and 401(k) savings? What reforms will make the system safer? James Delaplane, of the American Benefits Council, and Mark Machiz, former Associated Solicitor at the Labor Department during the Clinton administration, answer your questions on improving retirement security. |
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MARCH
March 27, 2002
View
from the Top
Gwen Ifill discusses corporate
responsibility in the post-Enron age with three top business leaders.
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March 21, 2002
The
Long Fall
Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles reports on the corporate collapse
of Global Crossing.
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March 19, 2002
Merger
Showdown
Margaret Warner looks at Hewlett-Packard's battle to merge with
computer-maker Compaq.
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March 19, 2002
Enron
Trading Risks
Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston reports on Enron's gambles and
losses in the futures market.
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March 15, 2002
Called
into Account
Ray Suarez looks at the charges against Arthur Andersen, the
first criminal action to come from the collapse of Enron and also the first
corporation formally charged in an indictment.
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March 12, 2002
Newsmaker:
Paul Volcker
Jim Lehrer talks to former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Paul Volcker. He recently led an internal review of Arthur Andersen's problems
and recommended ways to fix them.
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March 8, 2002
Political
Wrap
Jim Lehrer discusses the economic stimulus package with syndicated
columnist Mark Shields and The Weekly Standard's David Brooks.
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March 6, 2002
Saving
Steel?
Ray Suarez examines the president's decision to protect the steel
industry from foreign imports with four industry experts.
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March 5, 2002
War
of Words
Terence Smith reports on the battle for cable news viewers.
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March 4, 2002
Balancing
Act
Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on Washington state's
struggle to balance its recession-era budget deficit.
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March 1, 2002
End
of the Recession?
Margaret Warner examines the state of the U.S. Economy
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FEBRUARY
February 28, 2002
Balancing
Act
Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports on Minnesota's
state budget, now experiencing its largest shortfall in history.
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February 28, 2002
401
Chaos
Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston examines how your 401(k) plan may be affected
by the collapse of Enron.
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February 27, 2002
Missing
the Clues
After a background report, Margaret Warner examines why Wall Street
analysts continued to promote Enron stocks despite signs of trouble.
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February 26, 2002
Investigating
Enron
Kwame Holman reports on the Congressional hearings on the Enron
collapse.
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February 26, 2002
Historical
Views
Gwen Ifill compares the scope of the current Enron debacle with previous
business scandals with NewsHour regulars Michael Beschloss, Haynes Johnson,
Richard Norton Smith and Roger Wilkins.
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February 22, 2002
Where
Were the Watchdogs?
Paul Solman of WGBH Boston looks into how Congress and
other federal regulators failed to foresee Enron's demise.
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February 19, 2002
Enron:
Pension Fallout
Spencer Michels looks into how the collapse of Enron has
affected pensions and the state of California.
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February 19, 2002
Enron:
Media Asleep on the Job?
Terence Smith discusses the media's coverage, or
lack thereof, of Enron before its collapse.
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February 18, 2002
An
Asian Ally
After a background
report by Spencer Michels on President Bush's trip to Japan, Gwen Ifill
discusses the economic and political realities of America's leading Asian ally
with Mike Mochizuki, director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at George
Washington University, and Ayako Doi, editor of Japan Digest.
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February 14, 2002
Key
Witness
Spencer Michels reports on the testimony of Enron whistle-blower
Sherron Watkins on Capitol Hill.
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February 13, 2002
Rough
Crossing
After a background
report on the rise and fall of corporate giant Global Crossing, Gwen Ifill
talks to Rob Frieden and Susan Kalla about the similarities the company's bankruptcy
bears to Enron's rise and fall.
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February 12, 2002
Aid
for Airlines
Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles reports on federal aid for
the airline industry.
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February 12, 2002
Enron's
Top Man
Margaret Warner reports on former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay's congressional appearance. She then gets three
perspectives on the hearings from Frank Michel, Bob Stein and Rebecca Smith.
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February 11, 2002
Newsmaker:
Tom Daschle
Jim Lehrer talks with Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle about
tax cuts, the budget and the Enron hearings.
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February 11, 2002
Taking
Account
Ray Suarez talks with Deloitte and Touche CEO Jim Copeland about
the impact of the Enron debacle on the accounting industry.
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February 11, 2002
Taking
Account
Margaret Warner speaks to Richard Breeden, former Securities and
Exchange Commission chairman about the impact of the Enron debacle on the accounting
industry.
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February 8, 2002
Investigating
Enron
Margaret Warner talks to John Schwartz of The New York Times; John
Coffee of Columbia University; and Nancy Luque, a criminal defense attorney
about the impact
of Enron's collapse.
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February 7, 2002
Update:
Investigating Enron
Kwame Holman reports on the congressional hearings into
Enron's bankruptcy.
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February 6, 2002
Newsmaker:
Paul O'Neill
Jim Lehrer talks with Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill
about the state of the U.S. Economy
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February 5, 2002
Investigating
Enron
Kwame Holman reports on the Enron hearings on Capitol Hill.
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February 5, 2002
Update:
Investigating Enron
Kwame Holman reports on the Enron hearings on Capitol
Hill.
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February 4, 2002
Enron
Investigation
Gwen Ifill discusses the impact of the Powers report released
this weekend with John Coffee, John Fahy, and Charles Elson.
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February 1, 2002
Extending
Benefits
Betty Ann Bowser covers the debate over the unemployment system.
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February 1, 2002
401
Chaos
Ray Suarez looks at the president's pension
plan reforms and strategies to protect employee 401(k) plans with James
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January 30, 2002
Balancing
Act
Gwen Ifill discusses the state of the economy with Kenneth Kies, a co-managing
partner at Price Waterhouse Coopers; Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American
Prospect; and Maureen Allyn, chief economist at Zurich Skudder Investments.
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January 29, 2002
Historical
Views
Gwen Ifill previews President Bush's State of the Union address with
presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin; journalist and author Haynes Johnson;
Roger Wilkins, professor of history at George Mason University; and presidential
biographer Edmund Morris.
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January 29, 2002
Shields
and Brooks
Jim Lehrer discusses possible topics in the State of the Union
address with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and The Weekly Standard's David
Brooks.
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January 28, 2002
Update:
Enron's Fallout
Betty Ann Bowser reports on the many repercussions of Enron's
collapse in its hometown of Houston, Texas.
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January 25, 2002
Silent
Watchdogs
Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston untangles the riddle of who failed
to keep watch on energy giant Enron before it collapsed.
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January 25, 2002
Retail
in America
Ray Suarez takes an historic look at retail in America, highlighting
the legacies of K-mart and the late Neiman Marcus retail entrepreneur Stanley
Marcus.
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January 24, 2002
Investigating
Enron
Kwame Holman covers the congressional hearings on Enron's collapse.
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January 23, 2002
Investigating
Enron
Kwame Holman reports on the congressional investigation into Enron's collapse before Gwen Ifill talks
with two members of the House Energy Committee: John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Jim
Greenwood (R-Pa.).
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January 22, 2002
Accounting
Alchemy
Paul Solman explores the magic act that contributed to the rise
and fall of Enron.
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January 18, 2002
401
Chaos
After a report from Kwame Holman on employee retirement accounts effected by the collapse of
Enron, Margaret Warner talks to Marc Machiz, former associate solicitor at the
Labor Department in the Clinton Administration, and James Delaplane, vice president
for retirement policy at The American Benefits Council.
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January 17, 2002
Rewriting
the Rules
Margaret Warner reports on revisions to accounting rules and regulations prompted by the Enron collapse.
Donald Langevoort, a professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center,
and Rick Antle, associate dean and professor of accounting at the Yale School
of Management, discuss the implications.
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January 15, 2002
Enron
Fallout
Jim Lehrer talks with New York Times business columnist Gretchen
Morganson for the latest on the Enron disaster.
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January 15, 2002
The
Road Ahead
Ray Suarez reports from Detroit on the future of the auto industry.
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January 14, 2002
Senate
Perspectives
Sens. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) And Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) discuss
the upcoming Enron hearings and their recent trip to Afghanistan.
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January 11, 2002
Update:
Enron Fallout
After Terence Smith reports talks with Floyd Norris, chief
financial correspondent for the New York Times, and Tyson Slocum, research director
for Public Citizen's Energy Program.
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January 11, 2002
Political
Wrap
Jim Lehrer talks about the collapse and investigation into the fall
of Enron with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and The Weekly Standard's David
Brooks.
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January 10, 2002
Enron
Background Report
Spencer Michaels reports the latest on the Enron investigation.
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January 10, 2002
Enron
Fallout
Jim Lehrer talks to Ehud Ronn, professor of finance and director
of the Center for Energy Finance at the University of Texas at Austin; John
Coffee, professor of securities law at Columbia University; and Loretta Lynch,
former U.S. Attorney for the eastern district of New York.
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January 7, 2002
Helping
Hand for Argentina
Ray Suarez examines how the United States and international
organizations should react to the crisis in Argentina with Nancy Birdsall, president
of The Center for Global Development and former vice president of The Inter-American
Development Bank; and Adam Lerrick, professor of economics and director of The
Galliot Center for Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.
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January 4, 2002
Economic
Snapshot
Ray Suarez examines the state of the U.S. Economy with Mark Vitner,
vice president and senior economist at Wachovia Securities; Diane Swonk, chief
economist at Bank One Corporation in Chicago; and William Conerly, economist
and principal of Conerly Consulting in Portland, Oregon.
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January 2, 2002
Argentina
Upheaval
Ray Suarez covers the political and economic turmoil in Argentina.
For further perspectives, he talks with Peter Hakim, president of The Inter-American
Dialogue, and Miguel Diaz, director of the South America Project at The Center
for Strategic and International Studies.
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January 2, 2002
Money
Change
Margaret Warner reports on the arrival of the Euro. Then, for more
details on this monetary transition in Europe, she speaks with C. Fred Bergsten,
director of The Institute for International Economics; Klaus Friedrich, chief
economist with The Allianz Group and Dresdner Bank; and Gerry Baker, Washington
bureau chief for the London-based Financial Times. |
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