Nov 26 Watch Newsmaker Interview: William Donaldson Paul Solman discusses the ongoing investigation into corporate misconduct in the mutual fund industry and efforts to protect investors with Securities and Exchange Commission head William Donaldson. Continue watching
Nov 25 Economic Growth Rate Climbs in Third Quarter By Admin The economy grew at an impressive 8.2 percent rate in the third quarter, largely credited to an increase in corporate spending on new equipment and software. Continue reading
Nov 21 FTAA Talks on Track After Meeting in Miami Trade ministers from across the Americas papered over differences and concluded their meeting one day early after drafting an outline for future talks aimed at creating the world's largest free trade bloc. Continue reading
Nov 19 U.S. Defends Quotas on Chinese Textiles The Bush administration's decision Tuesday to set new quotas on Chinese textiles has angered China and may have led to the country suspending expected purchases of U.S. farm products. Continue reading
Nov 07 Unemployment Rate Drops to 6 Percent The unemployment rate dropped for the first time in three months, inching down from 6.1 percent to 6 percent. Continue reading
Nov 07 Sony, Bertelsmann Announce Plans to Merge Music Units Entertainment giants Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG announced plans to combine their music units in an effort to bolster profits amid declining CD sales and widespread Internet piracy. Continue reading
Nov 07 Watch Reading the Numbers The Labor Department revised its initial estimates and reported that the American economy added 286,000 new jobs between August and October. Despite this good news, 8.8 million people were still unemployed last month. Ray Suarez dissects the latest numbers with… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch Street Cop: Eliot Spitzer New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has become perhaps the most vigorous enforcer of the rules against corporate wrongdoings in America. Paul Solman speaks with Spitzer about his efforts to combat Wall Street's abuses and his recent testimony at… Continue watching
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