Jan 22 Fed Slashes Key Rate as World Markets Tumble By Admin, PBS News Hour After many world financial markets suffered their biggest losses Monday since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point on Tuesday -- its biggest cut in more than 23… Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch Zimbabwe President to Move Toward Nationalizing Foreign Firms In an effort to revive the suffering economy in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe announced plans to push toward nationalizing foreign firms. A professor and African policy expert consider the impacts on the African country. Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch Conservative, Socialist Candidates to Face Off in French Election Conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy vies with socialist Segolene Royal, who is campaigning to become France's first female president, in France's runoff presidential election on May 6. Margaret Warner reports on the election from France. Continue watching