There's a chance Election Day brings a Republican takeover of Congress, with the party gaining control of the Senate while preserving its hold on the House. That would put Republicans in the lead on key budget issues that have been the source of hair-raising drama in the past few years: taxes,

Russia's government has approved a new tax law to clamp down on Russian companies and individuals using offshore tax shelters. The law is part of a range of measures initiated by President Vladimir Putin, and collectively known as "deoffshorisation", which are aimed at bringing Russian businesses

Rep. Paul Ryan  Facing the prospect of a fully Republican Congress for the first time in eight years, GOP strategists are divided over how to advance a central tenet of their political agenda: a simpler U.S. tax code with sharply lower rates. In the House, Republicans weary of jousting with

The U.S. economy grew at a 4.6% annual rate in the second quarter, according to the latest report from the Commerce Department. But leaves are turning brown now and this morning’s report describes what happened from April to June. How has the overall economy performed since then? Here’s some

  Sweden's Prime Minister and Moderates leader Fredrik Reinfeldt is pictured during an election debate at Kulturhuset in Stockholm September 5, 2014. For many Swedish businesses and prosperous households, years of falling taxes and reforms that put maids in middle class homes and fed a consumer