Government And Institutions

A renewed plunge in oil prices is a worrying sign of weakness in the global economy that could shake governments dependent on oil revenues.

A White House veto threat appears to have put on ice a congressional effort to permanently renew a handful of generous tax breaks for businesses and individuals.

Consumers across most of America will see their health insurance premiums go up next year for popular plans available through President Barack Obama's health care law.

Lame duck lawmakers are closing in on an agreement to renew dozens of expired tax breaks for businesses and individuals, including permanent enactment of a generous tax breaks on investments in new equipment and research and development.

Convenience store chain Casey's General Stores said Monday it discovered a $30 million error in its income taxes related to tax credits on ethanol that is blended into gasoline.

Solar energy advocates urged North Carolina legislators on Thursday to resist pressure from big energy interests and leave in place incentives that have sprouted an industry that employs 3,000 statewide.

New Jersey energy regulators on Friday rejected for the third time a proposed windmill power project off the coast of Atlantic City.

BP and its traders routinely manipulated prices to overcharge California as much as $300 million when it sold natural gas to the state, California and a fired BP employee allege in a lawsuit against the British energy company.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new challenge to President Barack Obama's health care law.

A member of the House Armed Services Committee is calling for an investigation of a former Army official who played a key role in the service's struggling intelligence program while allowing people to believe he earned a Ph.D. that he did does not hold.

India's finance minister is urging foreign investors to help plug enormous gaps in the country's infrastructure blamed for holding up growth.

The Obama administration is defending its health care law in court, arguing that the text of the law and Congress' intent allow Americans to receive insurance subsidies regardless of whether they're enrolled through insurance markets run by the states or by the federal government.

A cyberattack similar to previous hacker intrusions from China penetrated computer networks for months at the government's leading security clearance contractor before the company noticed the break-in.

Connecticut is helping FuelCell Energy Inc. expand its Torrington manufacturing facility with $20 million in loans and tax credits.

NASA pays it billions.

Supreme Court justices have their first chance this week to decide whether they have the appetite for another major fight over President Barack Obama's health care law.

Owners of electric vehicles have already gone gas-free.

Federal regulators say that two phone carriers — TerraCom and YourTel America — unwittingly posted the Social Security numbers, driver's licenses and other sensitive data of up to 300,000 people to the Internet.

Oklahoma tax incentives for wind energy producers were created when the industry was in its infancy and may need to be re-examined in light of lawmakers' concern over their growing cost, the head of an industry trade group told members of a Senate panel on Tuesday.

A Chinese government-owned rail company was awarded a $566.6 million Massachusetts state contract on Wednesday to build subway trains for the "T," the nation's oldest subway system, despite concerns from local activists about China's human rights record as well as complaints from competitors that the company's winning bid was unrealistically low.