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Nobel prize-winning economist and Harvard Business School professor Robert Merton discusses the impact of technology giant Microsoft's decision to cancel its employee stock option program in the wake of a declining stock market.

The nation's unemployment rate jumped to 6.4 percent in June, up from 6.1 percent in May; the largest month-to-month rise since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. Experts analyze what the jump may mean for the economy.

Abby Joseph Cohen, chair of the Investment Policy Committee at Goldman Sachs; and Allen Sinai, chief global economist and president of Decision Economics, Inc. speak with Ray Suarez about the U.S.'s mixed economic news, including rising unemployment and the stock…

Martha Stewart resigned as CEO of her corporation, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia after being indicted on nine federal counts related to an alleged insider trading stock deal. Ray Suarez gets perspective on Stewart's legal traumas from Kara Scannell, a reporter…