Broker Regulation

The Internal Revenue Service on Friday unveiled its proposal to raise billions of dollars through annual fees on health insurers, a $100 billion health insurance tax rule that the industry says will significantly drive up costs for consumers.

A fiscal deadline all but blown, President Barack Obama says he once again wants to seek a big fiscal deal that would raise taxes and trim billions from expensive and ever growing entitlement programs. But with automatic federal spending cuts ready to start taking their toll, the path toward that...

Across-the-board spending cuts all but certain, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate are staging a politically charged showdown designed to avoid public blame for any resulting inconvenience or disruption in government services.

Four-and-a-half years after insurance giant AIG collapsed, leading to the biggest bailout of the financial crisis, former CEO Hank Greenberg has one message: Don't blame me.

Hospitals, doctors and other Medicare providers are on the hook for a 2 percent cut under looming government spending reductions.

President Barack Obama will meet Friday with the top leaders in the House and Senate, several hours past the deadline for averting automatic budget cuts, to discuss how to proceed on divisive tax-and-spend issues.