Jul 20 Watch Farmers Differ Over CAFTA The House is set to vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Some U.S. dairy farmers believe CAFTA will help business, while some sugar farmers disagree. Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch Corporate Crime Former Qwest Communications chief financial officer Robin Szeliga pleaded guilty to insider trading Thursday, the latest in a long string of business leaders, including WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, to be successfully prosecuted. Experts discuss the affect of corporate crime cases… Continue watching
Jul 13 Former Worldcom CEO Sentenced to 25 Years By PBS News Hour Former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, convicted of orchestrating the largest corporate fraud in U.S. history, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch China's Big Investment As the G-8 leaders debate increasing aid to Africa this week, Lindsay Hilsum of Independent Television News examines the impact of Chinese investment in Sierra Leone and Sudan. Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch A State-Owned Chinese Company Submits a Takeover Bid for an American Oil Company CNOOC, a state-owned Chinese company, submitted a $18.5 billion takeover bid Thursday to buy Unocal, Corp., an American oil company. An expert discusses China's oil strategy. Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch New U.S. Trade Chief Discusses China, CAFTA Rob Portman, the new trade representative, discusses the U.S. trade deficit with China and the controversial Central America Free Trade Agreement. Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch Credit Card Security Breach After MasterCard International announced that a security breach at CardSystems Solutions Inc., a third-party payment processor, exposed more than 40 million cardholders to potential fraud, CardSystems Solutions admitted it improperly kept consumers' data in its system. Continue watching
Jun 17 Tyco Executives Convicted of Stealing From Company By PBS News Hour A New York jury found former Tyco International executives Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz guilty of fraud and grand larceny for stealing $150 million the company and reaping $430 million more by covertly selling company shares. Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch Tyco Trial Guilty Verdict A jury found former Tyco International executives Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz guilty of fraud and grand larceny for stealing $150 million from the company and making $430 million more by manipulating stock prices. Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch Raising Tax Cap Explored as Way to Close Social Security Gap By PBS News Hour The possibility of raising the cap on payroll taxes may help to close the Social Security gap, but the option could pose other problems. Business correspondent Paul Solman examines both sides of this proposed solution. Continue watching