Government And Institutions

The European Union's top court has ruled that Ryanair has the right to block or impose conditions on price comparison websites that mine data from the budget carrier's online database without its permission.

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell for the third straight week, with the benchmark 30-year rate again marking its lowest level since May 2013.

Apple, Google and two other Silicon Valley companies have agreed to pay $415 million in a second attempt to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging they formed an illegal cartel to prevent their workers from leaving for better-paying jobs.

The IRS is cutting taxpayer services just as President Barack Obama's health law is making filing a tax return more complicated.

A bitter fight over Georgia's famed sweet onions is winding its way through the state's legal system.

Cutting regulations and taxes are on Rep. Steve Chabot's must-do list for small businesses.

An Ohio law that singles out professional athletes and entertainers for taxation even when they're in the state just a few days a year is unconstitutional, say several sport leagues including the NBA, NFL and NHL who want the state Supreme Court to strike the law down.

In a broad assault on one of President Barack Obama's top domestic priorities, Republicans pushed legislation toward House passage Wednesday that would overturn his immigration policies and remove protections for immigrants brought illegally to the country as kids.

A judge has ordered Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to release 65,000 emails that critics say could contain additional evidence of backroom dealings between the utility and state regulators.

The Obama administration laid out designs Wednesday to issue the first regulations to cut down on methane emissions from new natural gas wells, aiming to curb the discharge of a potent greenhouse gas by roughly half.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the state's data security law is weak and he wants an overhaul requiring businesses to protect the personal information of consumers and employees.

JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, reported a 7 percent drop in fourth quarter earnings Wednesday, coming short of what analysts estimated.

A federal judge has overturned Labor Department regulations requiring overtime and minimum wage protection for 2 million home health care workers.

A barometer of Wall Street's anxiety flashed red on Wednesday, when traders rushed to the safety of U.S. government bonds.

Republican legislative leaders are backing Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's proposal to add a balanced budget amendment to the state constitution, even as details of how it would work are still being sorted out.

Projects designed to cut down on fertilizer runoff, expand bird nesting areas and restore native grasslands are among those selected for funding under a new initiative that encourages conservation partnerships between government and private organizations, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said.

A defendant in a bribery scandal at the California Public Employees' Retirement System — the nation's largest public pension fund — died just weeks before his trial was set to start.

Citibank's efforts to reclaim $30 million in overpaid taxes have reached the South Dakota Supreme Court, where the financial group argued Wednesday against "inequity" in the way the state has dealt with bank franchise taxes.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. reported a 7 percent decline in fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday, hit by legal costs and lower trading revenue.

Officials say farmers in California now have to abide by the nation's strictest rules for a widely used pesticide.