LONDON, Oct 23 - Billionaire investor George Soros said U.S. taxpayers were entitled to resent bankers' bonuses because their profits were funded by government bailouts, according to an interview published in the Financial Times. "Those...
* EU taxpayers forking out more than U.S., Japanese peers * Top income tax highest in Denmark at 59.0 pct * Statutory tax on corporate income highest in Malta * Governments help recession-hit taxpayers BRUSSELS,...
WASHINGTON, June 3 - Two senior U.S. Senate Republicans are drafting legislation to require the government to hand over to American taxpayers its controlling stake in General Motors Corp, a party aide said on Wednesday....
* $11.5 billion capital shortfall * Fewer options than other lenders NEW YORK, May 7 - GMAC LLC, the auto and mortgage lender, will likely be forced to seek more taxpayer help in its effort...
* Use of taxpayer money in $1 trillion program at issue * Congressman eyes law to thwart "new level of absurdity" NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, April 3 - U.S. banks that received billions of dollars of taxpayer...
HONG KONG, March 24 - The U.S. government plan to rid banks of toxic assets will rob American taxpayers by exposing them to too much risk and is unlikely to work as long as the...
WASHINGTON, March 11 - A U.S. government plan for a public-private investment fund to buy distressed assets to help clean up banks' balance sheets is likely to generate a "healthy" profit" for taxpayers and investors,...
Remember those economic-stimulus checks the government was handing out this year? Many taxpayers didn't qualify for the full amount -- or for any payment at all -- because their 2007 income exceeded a certain threshold....
New Legislation Includes Tax Provisions Impacting More Than 26 Million Taxpayers This Year PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The recently passed Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 legislation includes several tax provisions...
U.S. taxpayers, small-business owners and savers may find plenty to cheer about in the Senate's 451-page financial rescue plan, which goes beyond injecting liquidity into the nation's financial markets to offer tax and other perks...