Dec 15 Watch A World Without Borders As rapid advances in technology occur, some experts say globalization has created a new, border-free world that gives more power to individuals and also allows for illicit trafficking. Two authors discuss globalization, and the resulting new world economy. Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch Wal-Mart’s Public Image Campaign Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, rolled out a campaign to combat negative publicity and restore confidence in the chain's heavily criticized business practices. Continue watching
Dec 09 Impasse Over Agriculture Threatens WTO’s Hong Kong Meeting Trade representatives from 149 nations will converge in Hong Kong at the World Trade Organization's ministerial meeting in an attempt to revive the Doha Development Agenda to lower trade barriers in farm and manufacturing goods and services. Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch Housing Market Update An expert discusses a Commerce Department report about the housing market, which was released Tuesday. Continue watching
Nov 28 Embattled Drugmaker Merck Announces 7,000 Job Cuts By PBS News Hour In an effort to recover from major financial losses sustained by controversy over its bestselling painkiller Vioxx, drugmaker Merck & Co. announced it would cut 7,000 jobs over the next three years and close five of its manufacturing plants. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch Money Matters As the holiday shopping season opens, financial experts look at the factors that could impact the economy in the near term, including U.S. job growth and rising natural gas prices. Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch New Orleans Recovery Efforts Following a background report, three experts discuss Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts and the struggles of Louisiana officials to come up with funds to finance reconstruction. Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch GM Announces Job Cuts General Motors announced it will cut 30,000 jobs and close all or part of its 12 plants by 2008 to make the car manufacturer more competitive on the global market. After a background report, editor-in-chief in Car and Driver magazine… Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch Analyzing the Budget Cuts Friday morning, the House narrowly passed a deficit-reduction bill. Congressional expert Norman Ornstein discusses the battle on Capitol Hill over spending and taxes. Then, New York Times columnist David Brooks and Boston Globe columnist Tom Oliphant discuss taxes and spending… Continue watching
Nov 16 Watch Stern Words for China In Japan Wednesday, during his visit to Asia, President Bush challenged China to expand political and religious freedoms. Following a background report, two experts discuss the president's speech. Continue watching