NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are slightly higher Wednesday morning after the Senate passed a bill that would cut corporate taxes, with the House expected to approve the measure later in the day. Stocks have climbed in...
Read MoreThe federal agency responsible for safety at the nation’s 61 nuclear power plants routinely downplays warnings from plant workers and its own experts about problems, including some with potential for disaster, a Better...
Read MoreLONDON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has lowered its 2017 growth forecast for the British economy, saying the impact of Brexit has weighed on the economy despite a strong global recovery. The IMF said Wednesday it...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Count President Donald Trump among the personal winners in the $1.5 trillion tax package that Republicans in the House passed early Wednesday morning and the Senate is expected to approve later in the day....
Read MoreDUPONT, Wash. (AP) — Federal investigators probing a deadly Amtrak derailment are trying to determine why the train was traveling at more than double the posted speed limit as it entered the curve where it left the tracks and...
Read MoreThe rush to launch service on a new, faster Amtrak route near Seattle came at a deadly cost — critical speed-control technology that could have prevented a derailment was not active before the train set off on its maiden voyage....
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — So what’s in the massive $1.5 trillion Republican tax package, what’s not and what does it mean for most Americans? The complex legislation, weeks in the making, scales back the popular deduction...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Jubilant Republicans pushed on early Wednesday to the verge of the most sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax laws in more than three decades, a deeply unpopular bill they insist Americans will learn to...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fix a tax code that stifles business investment, keeps trillions in corporate profits languishing overseas and slows the American economy. So argue Republicans...
Read MoreTOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Wednesday in listless trading after the fall on Wall Street that reversed the recent gains over the Republican-backed U.S. tax bill. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.1...
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