Government And Institutions

General Electric Co. may move up to 500 American jobs overseas because Congress did not renew a government program that allows foreign companies to borrow money to buy U.S. products.

The Food and Drug Administration is ordering a ban on sales of four cigarette brands from R.J.

A European Union court has ruled that Germany was entitled to cut off joblessness benefits to a Swedish family that came to the country to find work but only held temporary jobs for a short time.

The federal agency being asked to license a long-stalled national nuclear waste repository is collecting comment this week in Las Vegas and in a farm community close to the Yucca Mountain site about the possibility that radioactive contamination could get into the environment.

Vermont Interactive Technologies, the backbone of the state's distance-learning efforts, is set to close in December in a budget-cutting move, but the head of its largest user said Monday he's confident new technology will fill the void.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Monday's auction to their lowest levels in three weeks.

Poland's business community and political opposition have slammed the ruling party's electoral program on tax and pension funds as unclear.

New York financial regulators have reached agreements with Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and Bank of New York Mellon that require them to retain electronic records with a new cloud-based communications service for seven years.

Owe the tax man more than $100 million? Your check is no good at the IRS.

Anyone under 18 years old will be barred from buying electronic cigarettes in Massachusetts and the liquid and gels used in the devices will have to be sold in child-resistant packaging under new regulations approved by the attorney general's office.

A judge has rejected a bid by North Carolina's environment agency to block Duke Energy from removing toxic coal ash from more plants than required under a new state law.

Oregon's Josephine County won't enforce a ban on genetically modified crops until a related lawsuit is resolved.

Highlights of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's proposed changes to federal labor law affecting unions, which the Republican presidential hopeful plans to lay out on Monday in a town hall meeting in Las Vegas: — Make it illegal for federal workers to form unions.

Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated).

New Jersey is still waiting for the big lottery payoff.

Jeb Bush went to Detroit and talked about leveling the playing field.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has reversed regulators' decision to grant a certificate of need for the proposed Sandpiper oil pipeline, saying Monday that state regulators must complete an environmental impact statement before the certificate can be issued.

Canada has posted a budget surplus after six straight years of deficits.

Brazil's Finance Minister has announced nearly $7 billion in spending cuts aimed at covering an $8 billion shortfall to the 2016 budget.

Federal officials are trying once more to sell properties formerly owned by a pair of tax militants that include a 100-acre parcel that might be booby-trapped.