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World stocks waver as Europe holds another summit
World stock markets wavered Thursday as the lack of a breakthrough in Europe's attempts to shake off its debt crisis kept sentiment gloomy.
A smoke-free country? New Zealand taxes aim for it
There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country? New Zealand's government on Thursday squeezed ...
New Zealand says 'zero' budget will bring surplus
New Zealand's center-right government unveiled a relatively austere budget Thursday, saying it will tackle rising debt and return the country's books ...
Late rally erases steep losses on Wall Street
A big final-hour comeback pulled the Dow Jones industrial average nearly back to where it started Wednesday. The Dow was down as much as 191 points ...
States looking to new tolls to pay for highways
Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay. With Congress ...
Romney promotes education agenda, defends Bain
Originally planning to focus on education, Mitt Romney instead reignited the debate over his business credentials on Wednesday, welcoming scrutiny of ...
CONCACAF tries to oust Chuck Blazer from FIFA
A list of alleged financial mismanagement allegations against former CONCACAF leaders Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer was outlined to 40 soccer nations ...
Europe's leaders seek ways to boost growth
The leaders of the 27 countries that make up the European Union will meet in Brussels on Wednesday to try and find a way to keep the debt crisis in ...
Europe's leaders to tackle growth at summit
The leaders of the 27 countries that make up the European Union are to meet in Brussels on Wednesday to try and find a way to keep the debt crisis in ...
Germany borrows at rock-bottom costs
Germany borrowed at almost no cost Wednesday when it sold €5 billion in two-year treasury notes at a rock-bottom interest rate. The average interest ...
Competitive Senate race shaping up in North Dakota
North Dakota's prosperity from an energy boom as the rest of the country slowly crawls out from under a collapsed economy is making a contest of a ...
CBO warns of US falling off 'fiscal cliff'
A new government study released Tuesday says that allowing Bush-era tax cuts to expire and a scheduled round of automatic spending cuts to take effect ...
Senate panel votes to cut aid for Pakistan, Egypt
In a fresh warning to Pakistan, a Senate panel on Tuesday approved a foreign aid budget for next year that slashes President Barack Obama's request ...
Top Senate Dem to GOP: No tax cuts for rich
Republicans will have to drop their insistence on retaining tax cuts for the rich and plans to reshape Medicare before there can be a bipartisan deal ...
Obama to push clean energy technologies in Iowa
Anxious to show voters he's working to create jobs, President Barack Obama is putting tax credits to boost clean energy in the spotlight this week as ...
Top Senate Dem to GOP: Rich must be taxed more
The Senate's top Democrat says Republicans will have to accept higher taxes on the rich and drop efforts to reshape Medicare if they want a deal on ...
Premier inspects quake-hit Italian factories
The government approved some temporary tax relief to owners of property damaged in the quake-struck north Tuesday, as the premier promised swift help ...
Spain court drops tax probe of Santander chairman
Spain's National Court said Tuesday it had dropped its investigation into the country's top banker — Banco Santander chairman Emilio Botin — and 11 ...
Argentina's long economic boom coming to an end
Argentina's nine-year economic expansion is slowing sharply, according to analysts, who predict growth of 2.5 percent to 3 percent this year, half the ...
Greece worries hammer home amid gloomy forecast
Political and financial uncertainty in Greece saw shares on the Athens Stock Exchange drop to their lowest level in 22 years on Tuesday, despite broad ...
THE RACE: Obama and Romney fight over budget goals
The presidential race is shaping up as a battle between Republican calls for more government austerity and Democratic appeals for more spending to ...
Economists more upbeat about job growth, housing
A new survey shows economists are growing slightly more optimistic about recovery in the job and housing markets but expect other pillars of the ...
Europe faces difficult search for growth
On paper at least, European leaders agree: They need stronger growth measures to help their economies expand out of their 2½-year-old government debt ...
Party leaders refuse to budge on debt positions
Republicans and Democrats are refusing to budge when it comes to their already hardened positions on spending cuts versus tax increases to deal with ...