WASHINGTON (AP) — Construction of new homes increased 3.3 percent in November — with the gain largely coming from single-family houses being built at the strongest pace in more than a decade. The Commerce Department said Tuesday...
Read MoreThe hospital chain Tenet Healthcare plans to cut more costs and sell a business after releasing a lighter-than-expected forecast for 2018. Tenet shares slid in early trading Tuesday after it said adjusted earnings from...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Jack in the Box is selling the Qdoba restaurant chain to private-equity firm Apollo Global Management for $350 million in cash. The chain of Mexican restaurants has been a sore spot on Jack in the Box’s...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the push in Congress to pass a sweeping tax cut bill (all times local): 6:40 a.m. President Donald Trump is hailing the performance of the stock market as the House and Senate brace for votes that...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — In laying out his national security strategy, President Donald Trump sold short the records of his predecessors, speaking as if the energy boom started with him and the gates of America were wide open before he...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Their long-sought political goal within grasp, Republicans in Congress are set to catapult sweeping $1.5 trillion tax legislation through the House, rolling over a dozen GOP defectors from high-tax states. The...
Read MoreBEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street gained on growing investor certainty U.S. lawmakers will approve tax changes. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.6 percent to 3,287.48 while...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans plan to unveil an $81 billion disaster aid package to help hurricane-ravaged communities and states hit by wildfires, almost double the amount requested by President Donald Trump last month....
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fight in Congress over the spending bill (all times local): 6:50 p.m. A House panel is poised to roll out an $81 billion disaster aid package, almost double what President Donald Trump...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican tax bill would mean average initial tax cuts for Americans across all income lines, but by 2027, it would boost average levies for everyone earning up to $75,000, which includes most taxpayers,...
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