WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Republican tax-cutting plan (all times local): 1:55 p.m. The House Republican tax bill would mean 38 million Americans on average likely will face tax increases by 2023. That’s the word...
Read MoreSMALL BUSINESS TAX PROPOSAL The GOP’s proposed tax overhaul is getting a mixed reaction from small business advocates, with some saying they hope the plan will be revised as it makes its way through Congress. The biggest...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are little changed in early trading as technology and energy companies move higher, but phone companies slip. Sprint and...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are edging higher Monday as chipmakers jump on Broadcom’s $103 billion offer to buy competitor Qualcomm. However phone companies are sinking after wireless carriers Sprint and T-Mobile said...
Read MoreMother Nature could be excused if she wondered, “How much more prompting do you people need?” This year delivered epic wildfires, devastating hurricanes, massive floods and some pretty horrific earthquakes. Yet many...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — William C. Dudley will retire as president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York next year. The retirement will open the way for new leadership of the system’s largest reserve bank. Dudley’s...
Read MoreBILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a Mississippi woman has been struck and killed by a train. Biloxi police Maj. Christopher De Back told news outlets that authorities received a call Sunday morning that a pedestrian had been...
Read MoreOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Friday that its third-quarter profit fell 43 percent because of a $1.4 billion insurance underwriting loss from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria and...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are weighing a repeal of a key tenet of the Obama-era health care law in their tax overhaul as the House’s tax-writing committee begins work on shaping the bill. Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans can’t say it enough — the tax plan on the table is for the middle class. But the numbers tell the tale of a tax cut tilted to the rich. Over the past week, taxes, terrorism and the Russia...
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