Presidential campaigns seeking ways to close the deficit should consider that taxing happy people would (in theory) transfer cash from those who get the least joy out of money to those who get the biggest kick from it
Argentine officials told executives from about 20 companies to cut their imports of goods made in the U.K. as a protest over control of the Falkland Islands, said an official who declined to be identified because he isn’t authorized to speak publicly.
Asian stocks entered a bull market yesterday after central-bank easing from the U.S. and Europe to China and Japan fueled the fastest rally in more than two years.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration was blocked by a federal judge from requiring tobacco companies to put graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging.
Davy Jones, the accidental pop-music star who gave voice to songs such as “I’m a Believer’’ and “Pleasant Valley Sunday’’ as lead singer of the made-for- television band the Monkees, has died. He was 66.
The suspension of AIJ Investment Advisors Co.’s operations amid concerns hedge funds it manages had lost pension money may undermine plans by Japan’s retirement funds to boost returns to meet demand in an aging society.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc., the billboard company controlled by Bain Capital Partners LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP, plans to pay a $2.2 billion dividend, mostly to repay debt.
Seven people in Texas billed U.S. government health programs for $374 million in services that weren’t provided or necessary in the largest at-home health-care fraud scheme, according to the Justice Department.
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