Republicans and many Democrats agree that the corporate tax rate should be cut from its current 35 percent level down to 25 percent, or less. But it can't be done.
British Prime Minister David Cameron called this week for more women in corporate boardrooms to break up a 'closed circle" in which men give each other high pay.
The secrecy around Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s selection of Cathleen P. Black to run the city’s schools highlighted his faith in business leaders and dislike of public debate.
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart plans to offer free shipping on its Web site, a move that may create an expectation among consumers and a threat to smaller retailers.
AP - Greece's prime minister abandoned his explosive plan to put a European rescue deal to popular vote and opened emergency talks Thursday with his opponents, demanding their support in parliament to pass the hard-fought agreement into law.
AP - Occupy Wall Street supporters who staged rallies that shut down the nation's fifth-busiest port during a day of protests condemned on Thursday the demonstrators who clashed with police in the latest flare-up of violence in Oakland, Calif.
Hundreds of rescue workers have been working through the night attempting to dig out any survivors after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey, leveling dozens of buildings and killing hundreds.
George Papandreou told his Cabinet today there's no need for the referendum because the opposition backs the tough austerity measures that accompany it.
After his team called the report of a third harassment allegation "baseless," Herman Cain blamed a consultant linked to Texas Gov. Rick Perry's camp for leaking info.