Marcy Gordon –

Permitir que los consumidores realicen sus propias reparaciones ahorra dinero y mantiene los dispositivos electrónicos en uso y fuera de la pila de chatarra.

Para que cada quien arregle lo suyo

July 22, 2021 at 9:54 a.m.

Los estadounidenses tendrían más libertad para reparar sus teléfonos celulares, computadoras, consolas de videojuegos e incluso tractores descompuestos, o para usar talleres de reparación independientes bajo los cambios que están...

Agency eyes ‘right-to-repair’ rules to aid consumers, shops

July 21, 2021 at 1:47 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Americans would be freer to repair their broken cellphones, computers, videogame consoles and even tractors themselves or to use independent repair shops under changes being eyed by federal...

The fate of the AT&T-Time Warner merger, a massive media deal opposed by the government that could shape how much consumers pay for streaming TV and movies, rests in the hands of a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon is expected to announce in court Tuesday, June 12, 2018 his decision in the biggest antitrust trial in years.

AT&T antitrust win may herald new wave of media mergers

June 17, 2018 at 4:04 a.m.

Brace yourself for a likely new era of media megamergers. AT&T's victory over the government's attempt to block its $85 billion takeover of Time Warner underscores just how much the...

President Donald Trump, sitting with from left, White House chief economic director Gary Cohn, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, listens to a reporter's question during a meeting with members of the Senate Finance Committee and members of the President's economic team in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017.

GOP tax plan allows corporations to keep tax break lost by millions of Americans

August 22, 2019 at 1:19 a.m.

Millions of Americans would lose a prized tax break under President Donald Trump's sweeping revamp of the tax code, but corporations would get to keep it. The Republican proposal would...

Congress is considering a compromise that would force homeowners to choose between tax deductions for local property taxes or mortgage interest.

Taxpayers might face choice of property tax, home deductions

June 2, 2018 at 2:48 a.m.

Homeowners would be forced to choose between two popular tax deductions — one for local property taxes, the other for mortgage interest — under a potential compromise that House Republicans...

President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform at the Loren Cook Company, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Springfield, Mo.

Push to simplify taxes is on — but don’t touch key deductions, groups say

June 2, 2018 at 5:26 p.m.

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have pledged to overhaul the nation's complex tax code. To slash taxes, they say they'll curb a web of expensive deductions and credits to...

The Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Biggest U.S. banks are strong enough to weather a recession, Fed stress test finds

June 3, 2018 at 1:27 p.m.

All of the 34 largest U.S. banks are fortified enough to withstand a severe U.S. and global recession and continue lending, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. The first round of...

President Donald Trump signs a memorandum on Orderly Liquidation, Friday, April 21, 2017, at the Treasury Department in Washington. Trump signed an executive order to review tax regulations set last year by his predecessor, as well as two memos to potentially reconsider major elements of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reforms passed in the wake of the Great Recession.

Big unwind begins: Republicans target crisis financial rules

June 5, 2018 at 2:36 a.m.

Emboldened by a business-friendly president, Republicans in Congress are moving to unwind the stricter regulations that took effect after the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession. A House committee takes...

Enron’s Fastow to face charges

August 22, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

Federal prosecutors plan to bring criminal charges as early as Wednesday against Andrew S. Fastow, Enron Corp.'s former chief financial officer, a law-enforcement source said Tuesday. Fastow, said to be...

Legislators: Don’t stick taxpayers with bill

January 30, 2019 at 11:41 a.m.

Republican lawmakers on Wednesday criticized an administration proposal to have the government pay a major share of insurance costs from future terrorist attacks, saying the measure could make taxpayers liable...

All Stories