Jul 08 Former Enron Chairman Faces Criminal Indictment Former Enron Chairman and Chief Executive Kenneth Lay surrendered to the FBI in Houston Thursday morning and pleaded not guilty to 11 federal criminal counts stemming from the 2001 collapse of the once formidable energy trading company. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Wal-Mart Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Paul Solman reports on the Wal-Mart sex discrimination lawsuit, the largest employment discrimination case to head to court. Continue watching
Jul 02 Pace of Job Growth Slows in June, Government Reports Although June's job figures showed another month of job growth, employers hired fewer new workers than in previous months and the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.6 percent, the government reported Friday. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch The Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates The Federal Reserve boosted a key short-term interest rate to 1.25 percent from 1 percent Wednesday. The widely expected move is the first rate increase in four years. Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch Inside North Korea Special Correspondent Martin Himel offers a rare look at daily life inside the highly secretive communist nation North Korea, where leaders are experimenting with ways to improve the economy. Continue watching
Jun 24 Supreme Court Sets Aside Cheney Energy Task Force Case By Admin The Supreme Court said Thursday that the White House does not have to abide by a lower federal court's order to turn over records of energy task force meetings chaired by Vice President Dick Cheney. Continue reading
Jun 23 SEC Approves Reforms to Mutual Fund Governance A divided Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved regulations changing the way mutual fund companies are governed in response to widespread scandals and corruption charges throughout the $7 trillion industry. Continue reading
Jun 22 Wal-Mart Sex Discrimination Suit Can Proceed, Judge Says A lawsuit charging Wal-Mart with sex discrimination will move forward, a federal judge decided Tuesday, making it the largest private civil rights case in U.S. history. Continue reading
Jun 18 WTO Rules Against American Cotton Subsidies, U.S. Vows Appeal The World Trade Organization ruled Friday that U.S. subsidies to cotton farmers are unfair to producers in Brazil, but the United States said it will appeal the decision. Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch Eye on Inflation At the Senate Banking Committee hearing to approve Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan for a fifth term, senators also sought to confirm whether a recent rise in retail inflation would lead the Fed to increase interest rates. Ray Suarez discusses… Continue watching