Dec 12 Iraq Contract Policy Complicates Planned Debt Talks After the U.S. decision to bar Iraq war opponents from competing for contracts, Russia has said it may not restructure $8 billion in Iraqi debt despite planned U.S. talks with Moscow and other countries to alleviate the country's large debt… Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch Surging Stocks The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 10,000 for the first time since May 2002 based on strong retail sales and indications that federal interest rates won't rise any time soon. Jim Lehrer gets perspective on the market's performance from… Continue watching
Dec 01 Boeing Chief Resigns Amid Defense Contract Ethics Scandal Boeing Co. chairman and chief executive Phil Condit unexpectedly resigned Monday amid scandals involving unethical conduct in its military contracting practices that have harmed the aviation giant's business prospects. Continue reading
Nov 28 Watch Back in Business? 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 28 Watch Investors' Guide More than ten mutual fund companies have been implicated or investigated for questionable or illegal trading practices. Two experts offer advice on how the investing public can deal with the scandals. Continue watching
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