Hsi-Chang Lin

We take a quick look at some of the numbers soon to affect consumers this holiday season. Wal-Mart posted positive third-quarter earnings, and the Labor Department reports that initia...

It's been 25 years since the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened its doors to the music-loving public ... or at least, the music-loving public willing to travel to Cleveland. Some of th...

It might seem that globalization is a continuing and ominous threat to America's workforce. New York Times business correspondent Micheline Maynard, however, says foreign companies ca...

New information released Monday said that the distracted pilots of Northwest Airlines Flight 188, who overshot their landing strip in Minneapolis by 150 miles before turning around an...

On Friday, President Obama signed a declaration elevating the H1N1 influenza outbreak to a national emergency. The declaration comes on the heels of mounting frustration with delays i...

Washington Takeout: Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich describes some of the hoaxes that are making business not-so-usual on Capitol Hill this week.  Business Takeout:...

Violence is on the rise in Pakistan. Twelve days of attacks across the country have left well over 150 people dead, and there are no signs yet that security forces are going to be abl...

Monty Python, the British comic troupe with a penchant for absurdist humor, retelling historic and biblical stories, and above all, glorifying Spam, are celebrating th...

Over the weekend, it got a lot easier to be green ...or at least, research green energy. Stacy Palmer, editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, joins us to talk about George Soros' $1...

The full Senate is scheduled to take up Sen. Max Baucus' (D-Mont.) health care bill later this week, but the bill's language has been thoroughly chewed over already. The influence of ...

Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office delivered its final estimates on the Senate Finance Committee's proposed health care reform bill. The CBO estimates the bill will cost $829 ...

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) is still the chairman of the influential House Ways and Means Committee, despite the fact that House Republicans voted to oust him from the chair. As expe...

All this week, we mark the eighth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan with a series of conversations. We revisit the attack that killed eight American soldiers from Colorado Sprin...

The Vikings take on the Packers this week. Takeaway sports contributer Ibrahim Abdul-Matin reports and tells us about 40-somethings in the NFL.

Conde Nast is dropping Gourmet magazine, Cookie, Modern Bride and Elegant Bride from its roster. What's the next title this magazine giant will let go? Louise Story, Wall Street and f...

Comedian David Letterman and Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) were both recently blackmailed for what's long been considered taboo: consensual relationships with their employees. But is it r...

The Supreme Court begins its annual term this morning with a packed agenda. Among other cases, they'll be hearing about gun rights, dog-fighting videos, corporate political contributi...

Observers say the high winds and heavy rain that have ravaged Manila have caused more damage than Hurricane Katrina did to New Orleans. Tropical storm Ketsana (locally called Ondoy) h...

The long-awaited G-20 Summit gets under way this week as Pittsburgh opens its doors to leaders from 20 of the world's largest economic powers, along with the legions of protesters who...

Yesterday, the Department of Justice indicted Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old Afghan living in Denver, on conspiracy charges related to an alleged bomb plot intended to strike the New ...