Sep 07 Watch Obama to Unveil Business Tax Cut Plan In President Obama's latest attempt to boost the economy, he plans to propose allowing businesses to write off new capital investments through 2011. However, new polls paint a grim picture for him and congressional Democrats. Political editor David Chalian examines… Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch Emmys Highlight Changing Landscape of Television Business Jeffrey Brown gets two perspectives on how the Emmy Awards, television's most prestigious honor, have been signaling a major shift in programming by the major networks and smaller cable channels. Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Author Says Modern Life is Good Despite Recession Author Matt Ridley says life is getting better and better despite the recession. Paul Solman reports on Ridley's optimism as part of his ongoing reporting on Making Sense of financial news. Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch Gulf Fishermen Debate Whether to Risk Selling Seafood Again No oil has leaked from the broken Gulf well since July, and the federal government is reopening some waters for fishing. But some fishermen are split over whether to start trawling the waters again when there may be a risk… Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch Republicans Stand Clear of Financial Reform Law President Obama signed what he called the strongest consumer financial protection law on Wednesday. But the Republican Party was absent from the signing ceremony, and some GOP members are saying the law will be bad for small businesses. Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Fighting Poverty in Kenya by Selling Water Pumps to Poor Farmers Spencer Michels reports on the story of how a California man sees the chance to increase access to clean water in Kenya through the use of foot-pumps. Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch Supreme Court Limits Scope of White-Collar Fraud The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday to limit the definition of a federal fraud law. Jeffrey Brown talks with Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about what the ruling could mean for several well-known cases of white-collar crime. Continue watching
May 27 Publishers Say, ‘Lights! Camera! Action!’ for Book Trailers Publishers -- big houses and small independents alike - have lately turned to video to generate buzz and advertise their new releases. Over the past few years, book trailers have been gaining in popularity as publishers hope to cash in… Continue reading
May 07 OK Go Goes Out on Its Own By Tom LeGro Chances are you've seen one of Ok Go's music videos. The quirky productions, shot on the cheap, have been viewed tens of millions of times on YouTube and launched the band into popularity. Continue reading
Apr 22 Two Companies Make It Easy Being Green For Earth Day, we take a look at two companies in the music industry that have made environmentally-friendly practices a priority. Continue reading