Sales of new one-family homes fell to an annual rate of 647,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Up to 13.5 million taxpayers won’t be able to file their AMT-related returns until Feb. 11, said the IRS.
Prices of existing single-family homes slumped for the tenth consecutive month in October.
The tax package also includes a seven-year renewal of a terrorism-insurance program.
The insurance company's president and chief executive, Michael G. Cherkasky, will step down.
Customers opened their wallets in November, as personal income and prices jumped, according to the Commerce Department.
America’s Health Insurance Plans today unveiled a proposal to provide health insurance coverage to more people.
Mortgage-related losses took a $9.4 billion bite out of Morgan Stanley’s fourth-quarter report, the bank said yesterday.
Replacing the business income tax with a tax based on gross receipts would be beneficial, suggested the Treasury.
The gross domestic product increased 4.9% in the July-to-September quarter, unrevised from its previous estimate.
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady at 0.5%, indicating that the Japanese economy is expected to grow at a slower pace.
The Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. posted its first quarterly loss in the company's 84-year history.
America’s Health Insurance Plans has unveiled a proposal to provide health insurance coverage to more people.
The economic contraction will be ``a mild one based upon housing and its ultimate handoff ... to the consumer.''
That’s a 15.3% gain from the same period last year, when net assets for variable annuities were $1.3 trillion.
The products give “windows of opportunity” to withdraw from the policy without incurring surrender charges.
Amidst one of the worst quarters to befall Wall Street in years, Goldman Sachs reported record earnings.
The Government Accountability Office declined to comment on the reliability of the new report due to its “serious material weaknesses."
Defined contribution plan administrators may be fined $1,000 a day if they fail to disclose documents to participants.
Ground breakings for new U.S. homes decreased in November, while the number of issued building permits slid to its lowest levels in nearly 15 years.
