WASHINGTON — House and Senate Republicans are rejecting President Barack Obama’s suggestion to reform tax code that allows heirs to inherit extreme amounts of wealth largely tax-free. “Let’s close the…
WASHINGTON — One year ago, during the 2014 State of the Union, undocumented immigrant and activist Cristian Avila sat in the House of Representatives gallery as a guest of first…
Since the beginning of this year, that correlation has jumped to 60% or even higher. On some three-day stretches it has even hit 90%. That’s because when prices of some…
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night more a lofty campaign style rallying call than a traditional plodding policy lectureObama declared he had delivered on what voters first…
The NFL has determined that the New England Patriots used deflated footballs during its win over the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship game on Sunday night, according to multiple…
This theory was sometimes described during the Iraq war as, “We fight them there so we don’t have to fight them here.” It was wrong then and it’s wrong now.
The White House YouTube account offered a version of Tuesday’s state of the union speech with Spanish subtitles. – Check out a sampling of how awful the Spanish-language captions were…
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Around this time of year, many people in the financial industry are making forecasts about the year ahead. We thought we’d take a look at some of these predictions, ideas…
Related: Paris mayor says she will sue Fox News The idea of “no-go zones” reached a fever pitch on Fox News following this month’s terrorist attacks in Paris. – Factset:…
Karl Pillemer has spent the last several years systematically interviewing hundreds of older Americans to collect their lessons for living. Pillemer admits he’s an advice junkie. He’s also a Ph.D….
Hooks are the easiest way to keep your home organized. They’re easy to install (even more so if you go for the adhesive-backed variety), easy to use and extremely budget-friendly….
WASHINGTON — Americans who watched President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address largely approved, giving him better marks than they did for last year’s speech, according to instant polling…
House Speaker John Boehner echoed many of his Republican colleagues with a statement that decried the address as more of the same from a President that’s never been interested in…
The race for the next U.S. president was evident on Tuesday night as plenty of potential Republican contenders criticizing President Barack Obama’s tax proposals, while Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, defended…
The birds were found in the San Leandro Marina on Tuesday. More than 300 were rescued and 100 are dead, according to Hughan. – “I have been working here for…
The bear is loosethis time on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. President Barack Obama focused on the economic gains that he hopes will become his presidential…
The departure story: Alstead was just promoted last January to COO from Chief Financial Officer, and became responsible for the company’s daily business. His departure comes right after Starbucks had…
In one scene, a woman wearing HoloLens needs help fixing her leaking sink. A man in another city sitting in front of a tablet sees what she is seeing, makes…
Obama: ‘Tonight, we turn the page’ – “I’ve seen something like gay marriage go from a wedge issue used to drive us apart to a story of freedom across our…
To get ready, Smith and her team have been training for months, running through a range of hypothetical scenarios. One features “Ray” and “Vicky,” a fictional couple from an H&R…
Lawsuits for slander or libel need to identify a particular individual or entity, Hermes said. Little recourse in French courts Speech and media laws are different in France, but the…
Unfortunately, his plan doesn’t make the grade. The proposal would not only pile up more debt by further subsidizing runaway college costs, it would also perilously undercut the emergence of…
Dangerous game: The fallout of the Swiss currency shock continues to reverberate around financial markets. Shares of FXCM plummeted over 87% on Tuesday, the first day they resumed trading since…
“When we entered words like National Day, China and the Red Flag with Five Stars, nothing happened,” complained the Fujian provincial committee of the Communist Youth League in its official…
The country would also diversify, he said, by seeking new customers in Asia as Europe tries to reduce its dependence on Russia’s natural gas supplies. Dvorkovich said the ruble’s plunge…
Most notably, it invested in private shares of Facebook (FB, Tech30) in March 2011, more than a year before Facebook started trading as a public company. Fidelity has also taken…
Draghi is a regular at the World Economic Forum. In a sure sign of a big policy move to come, he’s not planning to attend this year. However, if anything,…
Economist Nouriel Roubini said Draghi’s QE program alone won’t be enough. “The risk is that we’re going to have a triple-dip recession,” Roubini said. “The problem in Europe is aggregate…
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