Jul 27 Watch Booster Shot? As tax rebate checks arrive, economists assess the potential effects on the economy. Continue watching
Jul 23 Agreement Reached on Kyoto Protocol Nearly 180 nations agreed to details of a pact to combat global warming Monday, leaving the United States isolated after marathon negotiations. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch Cuba and U.S. Relations: Blaming the Blockade By PBS News Hour Paul Solman explores Cuba's market reforms and the effect of the U.S. trade embargo. Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch Capitalism in Cuba By PBS News Hour Paul Solman reports from Cuba on the growing role of capitalism in the country's socialist system. Continue watching
Jul 12 Senate Rejects Attempt to Delay Gulf Drilling The Senate Thursday defeated an amendment aimed at delaying oil and gas drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Continue reading
Jul 12 More Cuts At Dow Jones Executives at Dow Jones & Co., the publisher of The Wall St. Journal, announced Thursday that slumping advertising revenues have prompted another round of layoffs. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Online Travel Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW in Chicago reports on a new travel Web site owned by five major airlines that promises lower online fares. Continue watching
Jul 03 Bush Plans Oil and Gas Drilling in Gulf of Mexico Interior Secretary Gale Norton announced yesterday plans to open 1.47 million acres of the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and natural gas exploration. Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch End of a Merger: General Electric and Honeywell The European Union blocks a proposed merger between two major aerospace companies, General Electric and Honeywell. Continue watching
Jun 28 Court Reverses Microsoft Break-Up A federal appeals court cited the behavior of the presiding judge as a key factor in reversing the penalty imposed on the software giant for alleged violations of antitrust law. Continue reading