Finance News

November 19, 2019

As you scan the crowded pages of Google search results for a low-cost loan, it can be difficult to decipher reputable lenders ...

November 19, 2019

Protesters force postponement of Lebanese parliament session

Thousands of protesters rallying against the Lebanese political elite blocked roads in central Beirut on Tuesday, preventing ...

November 19, 2019

German authorities search homes, offices in tax fraud probe

German authorities have raided the homes and offices of six businesspeople and bankers as part of an investigation into a ...

November 19, 2019

House Democrats propose stopgap bill to prevent shutdown

House Democrats released a temporary government-wide funding bill Monday to forestall a shutdown and give negotiators through ...

November 18, 2019

Chief justice orders delay in House fight for Trump records

Chief Justice John Roberts is ordering an indefinite delay in the House of Representatives’ demand for President Donald ...

November 18, 2019

Liz Weston: 5 financial tasks you should tackle by year-end

A task without a deadline is just wishful thinking. Sometimes, you can get away with procrastinating. If you never get around ...

November 18, 2019

Czechs to impose 7% tax on global internet giants

The Czech government has approved a plan to adopt a tax on internet giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple.

November 17, 2019

Protests grip major Iran cities over gas prices; 1 killed

Protesters angered by Iran raising government-set gasoline prices by 50% blocked traffic in major cities and occasionally ...

November 16, 2019

NRA tax filing: Embattled CEO earned about $2 mil last year

The National Rifle Association’s embattled top executive earned about $2 million last year at a time when the gun rights ...

November 15, 2019

Pensioners struggling to survive join Chile protests

Seventy-seven-year-old María Gonzalez is tired of waking up, Monday to Friday, to sell toilet paper in the Chilean capital.

November 14, 2019

Trump wants Supreme Court to block subpoena for his taxes

President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to block a subpoena for his tax returns, in a test of the president’s ...

November 14, 2019

Powell urges Congress to tackle growing budget deficit

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday urged Congress to tackle the growing budget deficit but also underscored ...

November 14, 2019

California crisis of fires, blackouts decades in the making

California’s Pacific Gas & Electric is faced regularly with a no-win choice between risking the start of a deadly wildfire ...

November 14, 2019

Japan’s economy slows, logging 0.2% annual expansion in 3Q

Japan’s economy grew at a modest annual pace of 0.2% in July-September, supported by consumer purchases ahead of a tax hike, ...

November 13, 2019

US budget deficit surges to $134.5 billion in October

The federal government, which ended the 2019 budget year with its largest deficit in seven years, began the new budget year ...

November 13, 2019

Google plans to offer checking accounts

Google plans to add checking accounts from Citigroup and a credit union to its Google Pay digital wallet in 2020, the tech ...

November 12, 2019

Senate Democrats assail Trump's $16B bailout for farmers

President Donald Trump's $16 billion bailout package for farmers hurt by the trade war with China unfairly benefits the South ...

November 11, 2019

Liz Weston: What to do if your parents need financial help

Most parents in the U.S. provide some sort of financial support to their adult children, multiple surveys have found.