Oct 07 Latest Unemployment Figures Show More Americans Working Part-Time, Looking for Full-Time Jobs Well, interestingly good news on the jobs front, it would appear. Again, the proviso: Don't take any given month's unemployment numbers too seriously. But that said, according to the "establishment survey" of places that hire, the… Continue reading
Oct 07 Latest Unemployment Figures Show More Americans Working Part-Time, Looking for Full-Time Jobs Well, interestingly good news on the jobs front, it would appear. Again, the proviso: Don't take any given month's unemployment numbers too seriously. But that said, according to the "establishment survey" of places that hire, the… Continue reading
Oct 06 Steve Jobs in 1985: Apple Has 'Common Vision' on Changing the World Upon the death of Steve Jobs, we dipped into the NewsHour's video vault for past coverage of Apple and Jobs. We uncovered this 1985 piece by Elizabeth Brackett that captures a tumultuous time in the company's history. In… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests Give Voice to Anger Over Greed, Corporate Culture Budding Wall Street Movement Gives Voice to Anger Over Greed, Corporations 2166052763… Continue watching
Oct 05 Apple's Steve Jobs Dies at Age 56 Updated 8:53 p.m. ET Apple said in a brief statement late Wednesday that company co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has died. Jobs, 56, has been suffering from pancreatic cancer and has been on medical leave for an… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch News Wrap: U.S., European Markets Recoup Some Losses News Wrap: Markets Rebound Amid Hopes of Support for European Banks… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch Google's Schmidt on the 'Winners and Losers' in Search Rankings Google's Schmidt on Questions Surrounding Search Rankings… Continue watching
Oct 05 Eric Schmidt on Google vs. Facebook By News Desk Gwen Ifill interviewed Google's Eric Schmidt -- the company's former CEO and current executive chairman -- as part of the Washington Ideas Forum Wednesday. Among her questions about the search giant: can it really take on Facebook with it's… Continue reading
Oct 05 Reid Pitches Tax on Those Making More Than $1 Million to Fund Jobs Plan Updated 8:00 p.m. ET with correction CAPITOL HILL | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has proposed replacing the tax increases offered by President Obama to pay for the president's $447 billion dollar jobs package with a surtax on… Continue reading
Oct 05 A Day with the Occupiers of Wall Street We spent Tuesday at the Occupy Wall Street site in lower Manhattan, a stone's throw from ground zero. For those of us old enough to remember such gatherings in the so-called Sixties ('64-'74), the similarities were striking:… Continue reading