May 14 Watch The Debate Over Tax Cuts From the White House to Capitol Hill, lawmakers are debating whether a large tax cut is the best way to stimulate the U.S. economy. Experts discuss the tax cut debate and its potential effects on job growth and the budget… Continue watching
May 12 Watch Selling Tax Cuts Kwame Holman reports on President Bush's tax cut road show. Continue watching
May 09 House Passes $550 Billion Tax Cut Plan The U.S. House passed a $550 billion version of President Bush's tax cut Friday, but the measure has undergone modifications in the Senate where a smaller tax cut bill is expected to emerge next week. Continue reading
May 08 Watch Tough Times: California’s Budget Spencer Michels reports on efforts in California to fight the state's budget deficit problem. The report is the first in a series examining how states are dealing with record budget shortfalls. Continue watching
May 01 Nine Former Enron Executives Face New Criminal Charges Federal prosecutors announced new charges against nine former Enron executives, including former Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow and his wife, as the government expands its investigation into the collapse of the Houston-based energy company. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission: William Donaldson After months of investigations, Wall Street regulators announced a settlement with ten of the nation's largest securities firms. Ray Suarez discusses the agreement with William Donaldson, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Continue watching
Apr 28 Regulators Finalize $1.4 Billion Settlement Against Wall St. Firms Securities regulators announced Monday the final terms of a $1.4 billion Wall Street research settlement, ending almost two years of investigations into charges that analysts issued biased research to gain investment banking business. Continue reading
Apr 25 Unions Agree to Pay Cuts As American’s CEO Resigns Following the resignation late Thursday of American Airlines chairman and chief executive Donald Carty, flight attendants at the struggling carrier agreed Friday to the wage and benefit concessions that the airline said it needed to avoid bankruptcy. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch In the Pipeline: Iraq Oil Industry As Iraq begins pumping oil for the first time since the start of the war in March, experts consider the future of the Iraqi oil industry and the efforts to restart its system. Continue watching
Apr 18 Bechtel Awarded First Major Contract to Rebuild Iraq The federal government on Thursday awarded Bechtel Corp. a contract worth up to $680 million to rebuild Iraq's transportation, power, water, and sewage systems following the collapse of the Saddam Hussein regime. Continue reading