LONDON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The British government is expected to unveil an economic stimulus package Monday consisting of a range tax cuts to jump start its economy, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Budget shortfalls are looming larger in several U.S. states as the year draws to a close and revenues drop with the economic slowdown, officials said.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, struggling to close a growing budget gap, Thursday proposed increasing and extending the sales tax.
CONCORD, N.H., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Democratic New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch won election to a third term, handily beating Republican state Sen. Joe Kenney and declaring victory.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Experts say U.S. economic conditions and the presidential election are partly responsible for an increase in the sale of guns and ammunition this year.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. retail sales fell sharply in September, dropping twice as fast as experts predicted, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday.
TEHRAN, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Iran said it would postpone implementation of a 3 percent sales tax after merchants in several cities shuttered stores in protest.
CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- More Australians than ever receive more in government benefits than they pay in income tax, while more are also being caught up in bracket creep.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- If the next U.S. president decides to keep President George Bush's tax cuts in place, the federal budget deficit will swell, officials say.
BEIJING, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- China's new sales tax on big cars to battle the nation's notoriously dirty air will not significantly reduce sales, an auto import trade-group executive says.
OTTAWA, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Higher gas prices were attributed to a 0.5-percent increase in Canadian monthly retail sales in June to $36 billion, the Statistics Canada agency reported.
OTTAWA, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Canadian manufacturers reported $52.5 billion in sales in June, a 2.1 percent increase over May, the Statistics Canada agency reported Friday.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The new housing stimulus bill could lift U.S. home sales by the fourth quarter, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Retail sales in the United States were unchanged in the final week of July, the International Council of Shopping Centers-USB reported Tuesday.
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, meeting privately with lawmakers, suggested raising the sales tax to balance the California budget, the Los Angeles Times reports.
