Oct 24 Watch Silicon Valley's Past and Future As part of a series celebrating the past 30 years at the NewsHour, a report revisits coverage of Silicon Valley from the beginning of the dot-com boom to the bursting of the "Internet bubble."… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch Nomination of New Fed Chair President Bush announced Monday the nomination of Ben Bernanke, the White House's top economic adviser, to replace Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan who will retire in January. Continue watching
Oct 20 Passenger Rail Line, Green Space Mulled for Mississippi Renewal By PBS News Hour Mississippi residents packed into town hall meetings this week to offer their views of how to rebuild the coastline damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Continue reading
Oct 17 Mississippi Approves Onshore Gambling as Biloxi Looks to Rebuild By PBS News Hour Jutting from the coastline in Biloxi, Miss., casino barges have brought a steady stream of revenue to the area and created thousands of jobs for the once depressed coastal community of some 50,000 residents. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch New Bankruptcy Law Two experts discuss the new, stricter requirements for filing for bankruptcy in America, which took effect Monday. Continue watching
Oct 14 Planners Consider Future of New Orleans By PBS News Hour Officials in New Orleans, a city twice flooded by hurricanes in 2005, now face the challenge of rebuilding one of America's most unique cities while making it safe for residents to live and work. Continue reading
Oct 14 Massive Recovery Effort Raises Cost Concerns By Admin, PBS News Hour The devastation left by hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Gulf Coast will require the largest recovery and rebuilding effort ever undertaken by the United States. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch Government Control Over China's Economy Even as China moves toward a more globalized economy, political freedom in the communist country remains restricted. The seventh report on China looks at the difficulty of innovation in a censored environment. Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch Intellectual Piracy in China By PBS News Hour Merchants selling fake products such as Pfizer's Viagra in violation of intellectual property rights threaten manufacturers who depend on patents to protect large monetary investments in research and development. The sixth report in a series on China's rising economy examines… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch Interview With Cheng Siwei Chinese Communist Party official Cheng Si-wei talks to NewsHour correspondent Paul Solman about economic relations with the United States, foreign investment, textile exports and the recent revaluation of China's currency. Continue watching