Government And Institutions

The Argentine government says it is revoking the operating license of a U.S. bank that has played a central role in the dispute that recently pushed the country into default.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were unchanged in Monday's auction with both the three-month and six-month bills going for the same rates as the previous week.

If you're one of the millions getting tax credits to help pay health insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act, you need to start reviewing your taxes now.

Organized labor and pro-business groups are waging an intense lobbying campaign directed at school teachers who are deciding this month whether to remain in their union, in the first real test of the state's new right-to-work law.

The American Heart Association's first policy statement on electronic cigarettes backs them as a last resort to help smokers quit.

A former Romanian deputy prime minister and businessman has been handed a four-year prison sentence for selling property to the national lottery at inflated prices and not declaring tax.

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A federal judge has ruled that a Kauai County law requiring companies to disclose their use of pesticides and genetically modified crops is invalid.

Using the federal income tax system to promote social policy goals is a time-honored strategy for policymakers of both political parties.

Nobody wants to start thinking about taxes around Labor Day.

Burger King is in talks to buy Tim Hortons and form a new publicly listed company that would be based in Canada.

Cameron County commissioners have agreed to waive 10 years of county taxes as part of an agreement bringing the world's first commercial site for orbital rocket launches to the southernmost tip of Texas.

Serbia's prime minister says the Balkan country will not impose sanctions against Russia or curb its food exports despite pressure from the European Union.

Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay $3.15 billion to resolve claims that it misled U.S. mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac about risky mortgage securities it sold them before the housing market collapsed in 2007.

The Environmental Protection Agency's law enforcement arm has opened an office in Bismarck so that it will have a bigger presence in the North Dakota's booming oil patch.

About 2.2 million bean bag chairs are being recalled after two children opened them, crawled inside and suffocated to death.

Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits tumbled last week and are now at levels consistent with a healthy job market.

Bank of America's record $16.65 billion settlement for its role in selling shoddy mortgage bonds — $7 billion of it geared for consumer relief — offers a glint of hope for desperate homeowners.

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Bank of America's purchase of Countrywide Financial has cost it tens of billions of dollars over the past six years.