Doctors flee Puerto Rico for US mainland
Going to the doctor in Puerto Rico has for years often meant getting in line. Now, it might mean getting on a plane. A medical exodus is taking place ...
Medicare hike could also hit some in middle class
Retired as a city worker, Sheila Pugach lives in a modest home on a quiet street in Albuquerque, N.M., and drives an 18-year-old Subaru.
Obama earned less in 2012, pays $112k in taxes
President Barack Obama made less in 2012 than in any other year since taking office, with about 40 percent of the nearly $609,000 in income that he ...
At 2 big banks, record earnings, but lower revenue
JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, bellwethers for the banking industry, reported record earnings Friday, but those numbers masked troubling declines in ...
APNewsBreak: Upper-income seniors' Medicare hike
President Barack Obama's plan to raise Medicare premiums for upper-income seniors would create five new income brackets to squeeze more revenue for ...
Well Fargo first-quarter profit surges 22 percent
Wells Fargo, the nation's biggest mortgage lender, said its first-quarter profit surged 23 percent after it cut expenses. The bank's expenses fell ...
Suu Kyi visit highlights Japan's Myanmar push
Japan's long-deferred aspirations for a larger role in Myanmar are getting a boost this coming week with a visit by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and ...
RealtyTrac: US home repossessions fell in March
The number of U.S. homes repossessed by lenders last month fell to the lowest level in more than five years, the latest evidence that the nation's ...
An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise ...
Budget: cover uninsured, trim Medicare, tax cigs
President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to cover the uninsured next ...
UK lawmakers pay tribute to Margaret Thatcher
British lawmakers remembered former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Wednesday as a towering political figure who restored her country's confidence ...
Calif. tax bill seeks to punish Scouts for gay ban
California lawmakers are considering taking some tax exemptions away from youth groups that do not accept gay, transgender or atheist members — a move ...
Austin next city for ultra-fast Google Fiber
Google Inc. picked tech-savvy Austin on Tuesday as the next city where the search giant will wire homes with ultra-fast Internet connections, but did ...
Exec threatens to pull Fox signal if Aereo goes on
A top executive with the owner of the Fox broadcast network on Monday threatened to convert the network to a pay-TV-only channel if Internet startup ...
Okla. bill: Check here, fund fight vs. fed laws
Oklahoma residents might soon be able to direct a portion of their state income tax refunds to defend its laws against federal constitutional ...
NFL retiree publicity rights settlement approved
The $50 million settlement between the NFL and a group of retired players over publicity rights was given preliminary approval Monday by a federal ...
Foreign investors to China's Xi: Cut the red tape
Major multinational companies appealed gingerly to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday to reduce barriers to doing business in China's heavily ...
Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care
The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program ...
Calif. governor looks to China for investments
California Gov. Jerry Brown has designs on building some of the most expensive public works projects in the nation and wants to keep the state moving ...
Obama seeks deal, proposes cuts to Social Security
Seeking an elusive middle ground, President Barack Obama is proposing a 2014 budget that embraces tax increases abhorred by Republicans as well as ...
Obama plan hits seniors, low-income taxpayers
President Barack Obama's proposal to change the way the government measures inflation could lead to fewer people qualifying for college grants and ...
US consumer borrowing up $18.2B in February
Americans borrowed more in February to buy cars and attend school, but were more careful with their credit cards. The Federal Reserve said Friday that ...
Paperless Post defies digital strategy with Crane
Paperless Post has defied its original digital business model successfully once. Now the online invitation and greeting card startup is taking that ...
Poll finds caution 5 years after financial crisis
Americans have grown more cautious and disciplined in handling their money since the financial crisis struck in 2008, a survey by a leading mutual ...
Investor in Sochi Games seeks help on rising costs
A key investor in Russia's 2014 Winter Olympics is lobbying the government to offer tax rebates for the companies operating in Sochi to help offset ...
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