Jan 31 Watch SBC and AT&T to Become Nation’s Largest Telecom Firm Telecom giants SBC Communications, Inc. and AT&T announced on Sunday plans for a $16 billion merger. Two telecom analysts explain the merger and the possibility for a "wave" of similar mergers in the near future. Continue watching
Jan 28 Procter & Gamble, Gillette Look to Merge in $57 Billion Deal By PBS News Hour In a $57 billion deal, Procter & Gamble Co. announced Friday it plans to buy Gillette Co., creating the world's largest consumer-products business. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch High Oil Prices Have Unexpected Benefits In part two of his two-part series, business correspondent Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston reports on who benefits from high oil prices. Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch High Prices of Oil Have Surprising Winners and Losers Business correspondent Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston looks at the consequences of high oil prices. Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch Giant of the Sky Airbus on Tuesday unveiled its Airbus A380, the largest passenger plane in the world. An Independent Television News report on the new airplane is followed by a discussion on Airbus' and Boeing's fight for supremacy in the skies with an… Continue watching
Jan 07 Ex-Senators Tapped to Lead Tax Code Reform Effort By PBS News Hour President Bush on Friday named two former senators, Republican Connie Mack of Florida and Democrat John Breaux of Louisiana, to lead a panel to come up with ways to simplify the tax code. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch Airline Shakeout Major airlines are restructuring fares in what looks to be industry-wide overhaul. Correspondent Jeffrey Brown talks with an aviation industry expert about the major carriers' decision to cut airline fares. Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch Cambodia’s Garment Industry Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television in Minnesota reports on how Cambodia is trying to prepare for major changes in global trade. Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Russian State-Owned Oil Company Buys Private Firm Yukos Russian oil company Yukos lost its most valuable oil production subsidiary to a state-owned firm. Jeffrey Brown looks at the re-nationalization of the company with Marshall Goldman, associate director of the Davis Center for Russian studies at Harvard University, and… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Corporate Social Responsibility Can Help Bottom Line At the annual Business for Social Responsibility conference, corporations explore ways to give back to the community and look at the effect good deeds have on the bottom line. Continue watching