Nov 05 Watch Rewriting the Rules for the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange interim chairman John Reed made public his proposal for additional oversight boards and more institutional transparency. Ray Suarez reports on the reforms and then gets additional perspective from John Coffee and Joel Seligman. Continue watching
Nov 04 Watch Changing the Ergonomic Furniture Rules? Business leaders in Washington state are seeking support for an initiative on the ballot that would reverse requirements making all employers equip their offices with ergonomically correct furniture. Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports. Continue watching
Nov 03 Jailed Khodorkovsky Resigns As Head of Yukos The head of Russia's oil giant Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, announced Monday he resigned as CEO of the company nine days after his arrest on charges of tax evasion and massive fraud. Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch Mutual Funds Fraud Paul Solman reports on the investigation into corporate misconduct in the mutual fund industry. The probe has widened after two top executives resigned under suspicion of fraud. Continue watching
Oct 30 Watch Surging Numbers The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly 20 years in the third quarter, registering a growth rate more than double the second quarter's advance, the government reported Thursday. Economists offer perspective on the forces driving the new… Continue watching
Oct 27 Merger Would Create Nation’s Second Largest Bank Bank of America announced plans Monday to buy FleetBoston Financial in an all-stock deal valued at some $47 billion that would create the second largest banking company in the United States. Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch Iraq’s Oil American officials are asking their allies for billions of dollars to help rebuild Iraq at an international donors' conference in Madrid. Experts discuss the Iraqi potential to regenerate its own wealth through oil production. Continue watching
Oct 23 Watch Volunteer Funding Crisis AmeriCorps finds thousands of young Americans to serve in inner cities each year, but it has been unsuccessful at convincing Congress to provide additional funding for the program. Kwame Holman reports on the financial shortfalls of the largest government-funded domestic… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch Benefit Issues The cost of health care continues to ail the American economy, and its effects have been particularly acute in Southern California, where transit and grocery store workers have gone on strike over the issue. Jeffrey Kaye reports. Continue watching
Oct 07 Southeast Asian Nations Agree to Free Trade Zone Ten Southeast Asian countries signed a deal Tuesday to establish a free trade zone -- similar to post-World War II Europe -- in order to compete with China and other burgeoning regional economic powers. Continue reading