Feb 07 U.S. Unemployment Drops in January The U.S. economy generated new jobs in January at the fastest rate in more than two years, while the unemployment rate tumbled to a four-month low of 5.7 percent, the Labor Department said Friday. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch War and Wall Street How did Wall Street respond to Secretary of State Colin Powell's speech before the U.N. Security Council and the growing prospect of war against Iraq?… Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch Spending Blueprint President Bush submitted his $2.23 trillion budget plan to Congress, saying it will get the economy going again while taking care of social needs and protecting the U.S. from attack. Experts analyze the proposed budget plan. Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch Background: Spending Blueprint President Bush unveiled his new budget plan today. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Jan 31 Senate Confirms Snow for Treasury Post The Senate confirmed President Bush's nomination of John Snow to be next treasury secretary Thursday night, filling the position left vacant by Paul O'Neill's Dec. 6 resignation. Continue reading
Jan 30 AOL Time Warner Posts Record $99 Billion Annual Loss AOL Time Warner officials surprised shareholders by announcing a larger-than-expected fourth quarter loss of $45.5 billion, primarily due to a $35 billion write-down of its AOL division and another $10 billion charge for its cable division. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch Words of War President Bush warned in his State of the Union address that war with Iraq may be inevitable. Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch Words of War President Bush warned in his State of the Union address that the U.S. will see that Iraq is disarmed, even if that means launching military strikes. Kwame Holman reports with excerpts from the president's speech. Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch Bush’s Economic Plan The president also spoke last night about his plan to fix the economy's troubles. Ray Suarez then discusses the president's economic proposals with Rep. Benjamin Cardin (D-Md. ) And Rep. Jim McCrery (R-La.). Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch Economic Rx: Denver Voters Spencer Michels gets more reaction from the Denver voters on the president's speech. Continue watching