By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
A Texas group dedicated to combatting voter fraud applied for tax-exempt status in 2010 and has suffered three years of delays, been through four different IRS agents, undergone six FBI inquiries and submitted thousands of pages of documentation — and it still hasn’t been approved. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Associated Press
The stock market turned higher Tuesday as investors banked on continued policy support from the Federal Reserve. Two big retailers also topped Wall Street’s expectations for the most recent quarter. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Alex Veiga - Associated Press
Americans got better about paying their credit-card debt on time in the first three months of the year, a period during which many borrowers use income tax returns to tackle their holiday season debt. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
Yahoo Inc. promised Monday “not to screw up” Tumblr’s reputation for “cool” when it takes over — even as many of the trendy social network’s 300 million users took to the site to complain about just that possibility. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
Critics of Internet sales tax say that rising resistance from newer GOP lawmakers could sink a bill now before the Republican-controlled House to require online retailers such as eBay to start collecting sales taxes for the states. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press
U.S. builders broke ground on far fewer homes in April, one month after topping the 1 million mark for the first time since 2008. But applications for new construction reached a five-year peak, evidence that the housing revival will be sustained. Published May 16, 2013
By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press
The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose 32,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the most since late March. The jump comes after applications fell to a five-year low. Published May 16, 2013
By Ben Wolfgang and Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
Two of President Obama's second-term personnel picks that have attracted conservative and business opposition moved a step closer to confirmation Thursday. Published May 16, 2013
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that President Obama violated the Constitution when he made a recess appointment to the National Labor Relations Board, marking the second panel to rebuke the administration and making the issue even more likely to draw Supreme Court scrutiny. Published May 16, 2013
By Associated Press
BP is seeking to stop paying millions of dollars in what it calls spurious compensation claims stemming from the catastrophic 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Published May 16, 2013
By MATTHEW CRAFT - Associated Press
Cisco Systems led the Dow Jones industrial average slightly higher Thursday after the technology company reported higher sales. Mixed corporate earnings and economic reports kept the major stock indexes flipping between slight gains and losses. Published May 16, 2013
By Christopher S. Rugaber - The Washington Times
Sharp drops in fuel and food costs reduced a measure of U.S. wholesale prices in April by the most in three years. Outside those volatile categories, inflation stayed tame. Published May 15, 2013
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
From pro athletes who waste money at their charitable foundations to federal employees who don't pay their taxes, legislators have a few suggestions for whom the IRS should have been scrutinizing instead of going after partisan organizations. Published May 15, 2013
By Dave Boyer and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
President Obama forced acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller to resign Wednesday and said he will cooperate fully as he and Congress try to clean up the tax agency after it admitted targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny during last year's campaign season. Published May 15, 2013
By Matthew Craft - Associated Press
The stock market continued its climb Wednesday, despite a handful of disappointing economic reports. Published May 15, 2013
By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press
U.S. manufacturers cut back on production in April as auto companies cranked out fewer cars, factories made fewer consumer goods and most other industries reduced output. The weakness suggests economic growth may be slowing this spring. Published May 15, 2013
By Kelli Kennedy and Pete Yost - Associated Press
Nearly 100 people, including 14 doctors and nurses, were charged for their roles in separate Medicare scams that collectively billed the taxpayer-funded program for roughly $223 million in bogus charges in a massive bust spanning eight cities, federal authorities said Tuesday. Published May 14, 2013
By Scott Mayerowitz - Associated Press
U.S. airlines collected more than $6 billion in baggage and reservation change fees from passengers last year — the highest amount since the fees became common five years ago. Published May 14, 2013
By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times
The rapid growth of U.S. oil production is transforming global markets and easing supplies just as China and the rest of the developing world move to overtake the developed world for the first time in consumption, the International Energy Agency reported Tuesday. Published May 14, 2013
By Kyle Hightower and Rob Gillies - Associated Press
Research In Motion unveiled a lower-cost BlackBerry aimed at consumers in emerging markets on Tuesday and said it will offer its once-popular BlackBerry Messenger service on iPhones and devices running Google's Android software. Published May 14, 2013
