Government And Institutions

It turns out there isn't a huge market for a $250,000-plus, 100-acre New Hampshire property that may be booby-trapped.

President Nicolas Maduro is ordering a cut in government spending as Venezuela grapples with a plunge in world oil prices that threatens to bring more hardship for the petroleum-dependent economy.

The Obama administration took steps this week to cut levels of smog-forming pollution linked to asthma and other respiratory problems, but meeting the stricter emissions limits is expected to cost industries billions of dollars.

Boston-based Legal Sea Foods is facing two lawsuits alleging the restaurant chain violated state laws by forcing servers and bartenders to share tips with workers who rolled silverware in napkins.

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

Greenland's hopes of a mining boom are shrouded in uncertainty as voters on the ice-capped Arctic island decide Friday who will replace a local government that collapsed after its leader admitted to using taxpayers' money for private trips.

A group of Vermont clergy members has organized an effort to push lawmakers to embrace the idea of a moral economy.

South Dakota farmers are nearing the end of a record corn harvest this week, but they have serious concerns about grain prices, storage options and rail congestion heading into spring.

A look at the details of New Jersey's tax incentives designed to bring businesses to the state or get them to stay: GROWTH UNDER CHRISTIE: Since 1996, New Jersey has offered $6.3 billion in such corporate tax breaks.

Many immigrants in the United States illegally who apply for work permits under President Barack Obama's new executive actions would be eligible for Social Security and Medicare benefits upon reaching retirement age, according to the White House.

New Jersey's tax incentives for businesses moving to the state or promising to stay have boomed since Republican Chris Christie became governor five years ago.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff named a former treasury secretary with a reputation as a fiscal conservative as finance minister, her office said Thursday, in a move that's widely seen as charting a new course for Brazil's flagging economy and soothe jittery financial markets.

Argentina's tax agency is charging HSBC with helping more than 4,000 Argentines evade taxes by placing their money in secret Swiss accounts.

The Commerce Department releases its October report on consumer spending.

Saudi Arabia's oil minister is suggesting there is no need for OPEC to cut output despite a major fall in prices that has some other cartel members hurting.

New York's pension fund for government workers reports a decline to $178.3 billion following a negative return of less than 1 percent in its latest quarter.

Many immigrants in the United States illegally who apply for work permits under President Barack Obama's new executive actions would be eligible for Social Security and Medicare benefits upon reaching retirement age, according to the White House.

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits jumped last week, pushing total applications above 300,000 for the first time in nearly three months.

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week.

The Commerce Department issues its second of three estimates of how fast the U.S. economy grew in the July-September quarter.