Sep 21 Wal-Mart to Test Discount Generic Drug Program By PBS News Hour Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Thursday it plans to begin selling nearly 300 generic prescription drugs for a sharply discounted rate of $4 for a month's supply. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Ford Cuts 10,000 Workers, Closes Two Factories In a round of new closings and layoffs, The Ford Motor Company announced Friday the elimination of 10,000 white-collar jobs and two more plant closings, up to 16 from previous cuts. Guests discuss the drastic efforts to save the automaker,… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch Hewlett-Packard Chairman Steps Down Amid Media Leaks Scandal Hewlett-Packard's chairman, Patricia Dunn, announced Tuesday that she would step down from the computer company's board in January after apologizing for her use of undercover investigators to discover the source of media leaks among other board members. Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch Layoffs Cause Self Esteem Problems, Author Finds With the increase in outsourcing jobs to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy, Americans are facing more frequent layoffs at the workplace. This phenomenon is causing low self esteem and other psychological problems among people losing their jobs. Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch Google CEO Joins Apple Computer’s Board of Directors The NewsHour's Economics Correspondent Paul Solman reports on Apple Computer's appointment of Google's CEO to its board of directors. A technology expert then discusses the new ties between the computer giants. Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch Tower Records Bankruptcy Heralds Industry Changes Music chain Tower Records filed for bankruptcy for the second time on Sunday. An expert discusses how digital downloads and large-scale music distributors are changing the music industry. Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch Declining House Sales Indicate Slowing Economy As housing inventories reached new highs, existing-home sales in the United States fell in July to its lowest rate in more than two years. Industry economists discuss the drop and the impact of the softening real estate market on the… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch Natural Gas Boom Impacts Rural Wyoming Town A natural gas boom in Wyoming has had both positive and negative impacts on a once small town. Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch President Bush Signs Overhaul of Pension Plan Laws President Bush signed a pension reform bill into law Thursday, calling it the most sweeping reform in over 30 years at a White House signing ceremony. Economics Correspondent Paul Solman outlines the changes that promise to bolster pension funding and… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch Dell Issues Largest Electronics Recall After Fire Fears Dell, the world's largest computer maker, announced Monday that it would recall 4.1 million lithium-ion batteries for laptop computers after documenting several cases of overheated batteries bursting into flames. Acting chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission discusses the… Continue watching