Skilling: I didn’t know
Former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling told skeptical lawmakers Thursday he left his job in August believing the energy trading giant "was in no peril" and said he did...
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Poll blames U.S. policy for Sept. 11 attack
Opinion leaders from around the world believe that America's own policies caused the Sept. 11 attacks and are pleased that the U.S. now feels a sense of vulnerability, according to...
Trade measure has close call, clears House
The Republican leadership's last-minute arm-twisting of wavering House GOP members produced a dramatic one-vote victory Thursday for a bill to strengthen President Bush's hand in negotiating a new world trade...
Bush directs U.S. to increase oil stockpile
President Bush, once an oilman himself, capitalized on low prices and plentiful supplies Tuesday in ordering the government to start filling the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to capacity. The timing...
Economy will recover eventually, experts say
Economist Pierre Ellis was in his office on the 11th floor of the World Trade Center's north tower on Sept. 11 when terrorists slammed a hijacked jet into the building....
Bush’s veto threat sets up collision path
President Bush's threat to veto anti-terrorism spending beyond the $40 billion that Congress has already approved set Democrats and Republicans on a collision course Wednesday that could sink an economic...
Signals go from bad to worse
The grim economic picture turned darker Thursday with reports of sharply rising joblessness, falling sales of existing homes and plummeting orders for manufactured durable goods. To economists, the new numbers...
$100 billion tax-relief bill faces a skeptical Senate
The House narrowly passed a $99.5 billion tax-relief measure for corporations and individuals Wednesday and sent it on to a Senate sharply divided over the type and size of economic...
Uprooting funding networks requires global muscle, time
To Kenneth Dam, Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda organization operate as "international venture terrorists," raising money from wealthy donors and Islamic charities to finance terrorist cells in more...
Better safe than sorry in capital
Some call it Ground Zero Two. A House staff member said he felt as if the dome of the U.S. Capitol had a target drawn on it. Many subway commuters...