Oct 08 President Bush Seeks Court Order to End Port Lockout President Bush announced Tuesday he would seek a court order to end a ten-day work stoppage at 29 West Coast ports -- a dispute he says is costing the U.S. economy as much as $1 billion a day. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch On the Waterfront President Bush obtains a court injunction to end the work stoppage at 29 West Coast ports, becoming the first president to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act in a quarter century. Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch Unemployment Update Ray Suarez discusses the unexpected improvement in the unemployment rate with two economics experts. Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch On the Waterfront: Shutting Down West Coast Docks West Coast shipping lines and striking dock workers have resumed contract talks under federal mediation, but the economic effects of the labor dispute are already being felt nationwide. Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch Background: Shutting Down West Coast Docks Spencer Michels reports with an update on the impact of shutting down West Coast docks. Continue watching
Oct 02 Former Enron Financial Chief Faces Mulitple Fraud Charges Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson announced Wednesday that multiple fraud charges have been filed against former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow in connection with last year's billion dollar collapse of the energy giant. Continue reading
Oct 01 U.S. Companies Make Millions At Cuba Business Fair Nearly 300 U.S. agribusinesses, farmers and farm state lawmakers visited Cuba over the weekend for the first U.S. trade show on the Caribbean island in four decades, racking up sales of at least $66 million in cash, Cuba's food import… Continue reading
Sep 26 Former Worldcom Controller Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges WorldCom Inc.'s former controller pleaded guilty to securities fraud, saying he was executing the orders of "senior management" in falsifying records, a misstep that helped create one of the biggest accounting scandals in U.S. history. Continue reading
Sep 24 Interest Rate Remains Steady Amid Discouraging Economic Data Federal Reserve officials decided to leave a key interest rate unchanged Tuesday as the nation's economic recovery struggles against an erratic stock market and growing anxiety over a war with Iraq. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch Uncertain Economy Terence Smith analyzes the troubled U.S. economy with three economics experts. Continue watching