Economy Mar 16 New Grads Increasingly Turning to Jobs in Service, Volunteer Sectors With the nation's unemployment rising to a 25-year high this month and the financial sector in turmoil, job prospects look bleak for many college seniors set to graduate this spring.
Economy Mar 13 Stocks Continue Rally, End Best Week Since Nov. U.S. stock markets added gains Friday after a mixed trading day, continuing their rare four-day rally and ending their best week since November.
Politics Mar 12 Madoff Pleads Guilty in Wall Street Swindle Bernard L. Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to 11 charges that he orchestrated what may be the largest financial fraud in Wall Street history, cheating investors out of billions of dollars in a fraud that has drawn demands for stricter regulations.
Economy Mar 12 Foreclosures Rise 6 Percent Between Jan., Feb. Despite several major lenders and states halting foreclosures, the number of households threatened with losing houses jumped 6 percent in February after falling 10 percent in January, RealtyTrac announced Thursday.
Science Mar 11 Wal-Mart to Sell Digital Health Record Systems to Doctors Wal-Mart Stores plans to enter the electronic health records market, company officials said Wednesday, bringing digital recordkeeping to physicians in small offices as well as large practices nationwide.
Politics Mar 11 Pakistan Rounds Up Political Activists, Bans Protests Pakistani authorities banned protests and arrested hundreds of activists and opposition leaders Wednesday, a day before planned rallies in the country and a massive march on the capital Islamabad.
Politics Mar 11 Obama Signs Spending Bill Despite Earmarks President Obama has signed a $410 billion spending bill that will keep the federal government running through September, despite the fact that the bill contains the kind of earmarks he decried on the campaign trail.
Nation Mar 10 Reporter’s Notebook: Battlefield Circulation Around a Deadly Part of Afghanistan In this reporter's notebook, Margaret Warner accompanied the military to outposts of U.S. and Afghan soldiers in one of the most active insurgent areas of Afghanistan. Watch for her reports about Afghanistan on the NewsHour the week of March 16.
World Mar 10 Biden Tells NATO Allies Talks With Taliban ‘Worth Exploring’ Vice President Joe Biden stressed shared security goals in Afghanistan during his visit to NATO headquarters Tuesday.
Economy Mar 10 Bernanke Calls for Broad Overhaul of Financial Regulatory System Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that the country's financial regulatory system needs a broad overhaul to strengthen oversight of financial institutions whose failure would put the entire economy in danger.