WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t feel bad if you don’t understand how the new tax bill will affect you. Chances are, your accountant doesn’t yet either. From New York to Kentucky to Florida, accountants and tax lawyers...
Read MoreHONG KONG (AP) — Asian share markets were mixed Thursday after the final congressional approval of a sweeping U.S. tax revamp. Chinese markets advanced after leaders promised to increase imports and reduce risks in the...
Read MoreTOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank opted Thursday to keep its ultra-lax monetary policy unchanged, saying rising private consumption, exports and business investment were signs that a moderate recovery has taken hold. In a...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — With a shutdown clock ticking toward a midnight Friday deadline, House Republican leaders struggled on Wednesday to unite the GOP rank and file behind a must-pass spending bill. Although a major obstacle...
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is suspending dividend payments to shareholders out of concern for any finding of financial liability in Northern California’s devastating wildfires, the California...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is rushing to adjourn for Christmas, but it’s looking increasingly likely they are going to leave plenty of unfinished work. More than $80 billion in disaster aid, long-term funding for a widely...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican senators abandoned their fight Wednesday for legislation this year to help contain premium costs by resuming federal subsidies to insurers, as Congress dealt a pair of blows to President Barack...
Read MoreU.S. stocks bounced around Wednesday and finished little changed after Congress passed the Republican-sponsored tax bill. Smaller companies fared the best. On Wednesday: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index slipped 2.22...
Read MoreDUPONT, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on the deadly Amtrak train derailment in Washington state (all times local): 10:00 a.m. Crews are working to finish clearing the wreckage from a deadly Amtrak derailment that closed a portion of a...
Read MoreThe latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks are drifting mostly higher on Wall Street in midday trading, led by gains in energy and industrial companies. Small-company stocks were doing...
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