Most economists agree that if the U.S. were to ever reach the debt ceiling, the consequences would be catastrophic. While the U.S. continually wrestles with this bor ...

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After you receive a Chapter 7 discharge, you must wait eight years before filing another Chapter 7 case with the bankruptcy ...

Cyprus wants to postpone or limit new carbon taxes this year to avert a double hit to consumers from tariffs on water and ...

The party line vote by the tax-writing House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee amounts to an initial victory for ...

Republicans in the U.S. Congress advanced elements of President Donald Trump's sweeping budget package on Wednesday after a ...

New York suburban lawmakers have been leading the fight to win a tax break for their constituents.

Tensions rose and emotions flared as the hours dragged on into early Wednesday morning. House Republicans are working to push ...

Ahead of a self-imposed Memorial Day deadline, House Republicans are pushing forward a major spending bill that includes ...

Western Asset High Income Fund II (HIX) offers a high dividend yield of 14.3%, but its inconsistent earnings history raises ...

Behind many sovereign debt crises there is often a simple, but difficult truth: the full picture of public debt and contingent liabilities which migrated to sovereign balance sheets was not visible to ...

Housing advocates say a cap on the amount of state tax revenue set aside for the new CHIP program would severely limit the ...