Mar 05 Watch Unemployment Woes The Labor Department released a report Friday showing that job growth all but stalled in February. The nation's payrolls grew by just 21,000, falling more than 100,000 jobs short of the figure originally anticipated. Economists assess what the latest numbers… Continue watching
Mar 02 Former WorldCom Chief Faces Federal Securities Fraud Charges Former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers has been indicted on federal charges including securities fraud in connection to a multibillion dollar accounting scandal at the massive telecommunications firm, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Tuesday. Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch Bitter Bargain The United Food and Commercial Workers' Union in California approved a new contract Saturday, ending a grocery workers' strike and lockout that lasted nearly five months. Jeffrey Kaye reports on the reasons behind the dispute and its national implications. Continue watching
Feb 25 Pres. Bush, Greenspan Differ on Social Security Cuts By PBS News Hour Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan urged Congress on Wednesday to consider trimming Social Security benefits as a way to tackle the nation's escalating budget, but President Bush later in the day said he opposed the idea. Continue reading
Feb 24 WTO Rules EU Can Retaliate Against U.S. in Trade Dispute The World Trade Organization concluded Tuesday that the European Union can retaliate against the United States in a dispute over a U.S. 1916 anti-dumping law. Continue reading
Feb 19 Former Enron Chief Executive Indicted, Pleads Not Guilty By PBS News Hour Jeffrey Skilling, the former Enron Corp. chief executive who led the company as it veered toward collapse in a massive corporate scandal, was charged Thursday with fraud, insider trading and lying about the corporation's finances. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch Red Ink Federal budget time has arrived again, and the United States is running more than $500 billion in the red. Paul Solman looks at the growing budget deficit and why people are worried about it. Continue watching
Feb 17 Cingular Wins Battle for AT&T Wireless By PBS News Hour Cingular Wireless won a bidding war for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. on Tuesday, offering nearly $41 billion in cash and beating out the highest offer from British telecommunications giant Vodafone. Continue reading
Feb 17 Disney Board Rejects Comcast’s Buyout Bid By PBS News Hour The Walt Disney Co. board of directors late Monday unanimously rejected Comcast's $54 billion, all-stock offer to take over the company, saying the offer was too low. Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch Wireless Revolution The proposed merger between Cingular and AT&T Wireless may reshape the fiercely competitive cell phone market. Ray Suarez discusses the proposed union between the second and third largest U.S. wireless carriers with industry analyst Charles Golvin of Forrester Research. Continue watching