Government And Institutions

Brazil's Senate removed President Dilma Rousseff from office on Wednesday for breaking budgetary laws, ending an impeachment process that has polarized the scandal-plagued country and paralyzed its politics for nine months.

Prime Minister Theresa May and her top ministers on Wednesday agreed Britain would seek a unique relationship with the European Union, involving controls on immigration as well as a good trade deal.

Prime Minister Theresa May and her top ministers on Wednesday agreed Britain would seek a unique relationship with the European Union, involving controls on immigration as well as a good trade deal.

The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging Deere & Co.'s planned acquisition of a line of high-tech farming equipment from Monsanto Co., saying the deal would suppress competition for technology that allows farmers to plant crops at higher speeds.

The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging Deere & Co.'s planned acquisition of a line of high-tech farming equipment from Monsanto Co., saying the deal would suppress competition for technology that allows farmers to plant crops at higher speeds.

The Latest on the European Union's decision that Apple must pay billions in back taxes (all times local): 12:45 p.m.

The Latest on the European Union's decision that Apple must pay billions in back taxes (all times local): 12:45 p.m.

France's trade chief says he wants to ask the European Union to end talks with the U.S. on forging a sweeping trade deal that his socialist government sees as too friendly to U.S. business.

France's trade chief says he wants to ask the European Union to end talks with the U.S. on forging a sweeping trade deal that his socialist government sees as too friendly to U.S. business.

The European Union has been cracking down on companies that it says received special tax deals from countries that are part of the union.

The European Union has been cracking down on companies that it says received special tax deals from countries that are part of the union.

Apple will have to pay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) plus interest in back taxes to Ireland after the European Union found Tuesday that the U.S. technology giant received illegal tax benefits over 11 years.

Apple will have to pay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) plus interest in back taxes to Ireland after the European Union found Tuesday that the U.S. technology giant received illegal tax benefits over 11 years.

In normal circumstances, a 13 billion euro ($14.5 billion) cash award would make any country ecstatic.

In normal circumstances, a 13 billion euro ($14.5 billion) cash award would make any country ecstatic.

"Ask Brianna" is a Q&A column from NerdWallet for 20-somethings or anyone else starting out.

"Ask Brianna" is a Q&A column from NerdWallet for 20-somethings or anyone else starting out.

The European Union's crackdown on corporate tax avoidance has landed on Apple ; its antitrust regulator is demanding that the U.S. tech giant pay Ireland up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) plus interest in back taxes.

The European Union's crackdown on corporate tax avoidance has landed on Apple ; its antitrust regulator is demanding that the U.S. tech giant pay Ireland up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) plus interest in back taxes.

For cash-strapped life insurance companies, the deal sounds almost too good to be true: A state law allows them to create complex financial instruments to transfer liabilities to new subsidiaries, instantly wiping huge debts off their balance sheets.