Oct 23 Greenspan Calls Financial Crisis a ‘Credit Tsunami’ By PBS News Hour In testimony before Congress Thursday, former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan said that the current financial crisis is a "once in a century credit tsunami" that will continue to impact the U.S. economy, spurring more job losses to come. Continue reading
Oct 22 Weak Earnings Reports Trigger Market Losses By Admin, PBS News Hour A number of poor earnings reports from major corporations, including Wachovia Corp. and Merck & Co., caused U.S. stocks to drop more than 500 points Wednesday. Continue reading
Feb 01 Microsoft Offers to Buy Yahoo for $44.6B By PBS News Hour Microsoft Corp made an unexpected bid to buy struggling Internet icon Yahoo Inc. for $44.6 billion in cash and stock late Thursday, raising a new effort to challenge the dominance of search-engine giant Google Inc. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch Web Reporter Details New Methods of Conflict Coverage Yahoo news correspondent Kevin Sites talks about his new book, "In the Hot Zone," and what it's like to report on conflict zones around the world using the latest multimedia and Web tools. Continue watching