Bill Neikirk

by William Neikirk Now what will the Fed do? The Labor Department reported today that the economy created 110,000 new payroll jobs in September, a bit more than expected and...

by William Neikirk Americans have grown more skeptical about the benefits of foreign trade, a new survey by the Pew Research Center suggested today. The center, as part of a...

by William Neikirk Another year is drawing to a close and once again Congress has not passed all the spending bills that will determine the actual size of this year's...

Alan Greenspan, author of The Age of Turbulence, has created some in Washington with his new memoir. AP photo by William Neikirk Alan Greenspan's new book is full of odd...

by William Neikirk The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by a half percentage point today in a bold and aggressive move to prevent the economy from sliding into a recession...

By William Neikirk Alan Greenspan's new memoir is tough on Republicans and President Bush and it could be turned into a campaign manifesto for Democrats in certain respects. According to...

by William Neikirk The energy story, already big, is about to get bigger. Oil prices rose sharply on Wednesday, briefly touching $80 a barrel. The Energy Department reported a large...

By William Neikirk The federal government's plan to respond to an influenza pandemic is itself ailing, according to a report issued by the Government Accountability Office, the watchdog arm of...

by William Neikirk Two-thirds of the world's polar bear population could be wiped out by the mid-21st century because of changes of sea-ice conditions, the U.S. Geological Survey projects in...

by William Neikirk The stock market began today in a swoon over a bad jobs report. Deepening concern spread over the economy's health. People are once again using the "r"...