Economy

The farm bill S. 3240, passed the U.S. Senate on June 21. The bill, which is renewed approximately every five years, dictates congressional spending on not only farm issues …

So the governing coalition in Greece pulled out a narrow victory Sunday, but getting a narrow majority in the parliament thanks to a 50-seat bonus the New Democracy party …

The credit downgrades could do more damage to their bottom lines and further unsettle equity markets.

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Financial powers, at home and abroad, are sinking us into the flawed economic ideals of the 1930s.

But to the young indignados and protestors elsewhere in the world, capitalism is failing to produce what was promised, but is delivering on what was not promised - inequality, …

The health of the Postal Service lies largely in the hands of Congress, which has made a tremendous accounting strategy error. The pre-payment strategy could bankrupt the post office …

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Faced with a wide range of signs warning of an economic slowdown, the Federal Reserve is expected to announce Wednesday that it will extend a controversial bond-buying program even …

Government payrolls grew in the early part of the recovery, largely because of federal stimulus measures. But since its postrecession peak in April 2009 (not counting temporary Census hiring), …