Sep 15 France to Raise Retirement Age: Is it An 'Au Revoir' to the Good Life? Protests in France. Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images Perhaps it is "au revoir" to the good life. Why else would thousands of French men and women be on the streets protesting what seems like a small change in the… Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Greenspan Speaks Out Against Bush Era Tax Cuts A voice from the past weighed in on the ongoing debate of the Bush Era Tax Cuts. Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, said the country cannot afford to keep the tax cuts at a time of… Continue watching
Sep 15 Wednesday: U.S., Iraqi Forces Kill 7; Middle East Peace Talks Continue U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a joint raid in Fallujah early Wednesday, killing seven people, Iraqi officials said. The raid comes two weeks after President Obama declared the end of combat operations in Iraq. Insurgents have intensified their strikes… Continue reading
Sep 14 President Obama Pushes Accountability in Back-to-School Remarks With most U.S. schools now back in session, President Barack Obama relayed a message to American students Tuesday that nothing is beyond their reach as long as they're willing to dream big, work hard and stay focused on their… Continue reading
Sep 14 Update | Mott's Strike Settled: Workers Returning to Apple Sauce Factory By Paul Solman There was considerable viewer interest in last week's story on increased U.S. productivity being caused by a reservoir of unemployed workers, allowing firms to pressure workers to toil longer and harder for the same or lower wages. Our… Continue reading
Sep 14 Update | Mott's Strike Settled: Workers Returning to Apple Sauce Factory Paul Solman: There was considerable viewer interest in last week's story on increased U.S. productivity being caused by a reservoir of unemployed workers, allowing firms to pressure workers to toil longer and harder for the same or lower wages. Continue reading
Sep 14 Can We Both Feed the World in a Sustainable Way and Feed it Quality Food? Question: As a society, we in America seem proud of our desire to help others, and that is of course laudable. In recent years, there is a movement toward more environmentally-friendly food for a number of reasons, nutritional and otherwise. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch In Middle East, Peace Sought on Smaller Scale Through Business Ties A New York-based entrepreneur has found a way to work with Palestinians and Israelis for both peace and profit. Special correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro reports. Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch Government Allowing Lehman Collapse Still Mysterious 2 Years Later The 2008 downfall of financial giant Lehman Brothers prompted global efforts to avoid another international financial crisis. Two financial reporters, John Cassidy and Andrew Ross Sorkin, talk about what we've learned in the two years since Lehman's collapse and what's… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch News Wrap: Wall Street Rally Rolls on as New Banking Rules Take Effect In other news, the Dow Jones industrial average and the NASDAQ both closed higher Monday. In Venezuela, a plane carrying 51 people crashed and killed at least 14. Continue watching