LONDON (Reuters) - An independent Scotland would have a vastly oversized financial sector that would leave it vulnerable to a Cyprus-style banking crisis, Britain's finance ministry says.Full story
MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki breaks down the IRS controversy. Demos.org’s Liz Kennedy, attorney Marc Elias, Forbes.com’s Karl Smith and ProPublica Kim Barker then join to discuss which congressional leaders and politicians were informed on the scandal before it broke.
If you're American and want to do business in Myanmar, there's a list of people and companies you have to steer clear of by law. But it leaves off a former minister's son U.S. officials suspected of brokering arms deals with North Korea, and high-rolling relatives of the man who led the repressive m Full story
The Treasury's strategy seems to be that the U.S. economy is strong enough to withstand whatever negative impacts that may come from a stronger dollar against the yen, reports CNBC's Steve Liesman.
The Treasury Department says the U.S. will hit the debt limit as early as mid-February. The delayed sequestered cuts from the 2011 debt limit deal will take effect on March 1 and government funding will run out on March 27. How will President Obama and the Republican House resolve this triple-threat
Top Talkers: The U.S. Treasury is taking steps to delay hitting the government's borrowing limit. The Morning Joe panel – including MSNBC.com's Richard Wolffe, the Huffington Post's Sam Stein, the Council on Foreign Relations’ Richard Haass and Fortune's Leigh Gallagher – discusses the latest in the
The U.S. Treasury says the government will hit the debt ceiling on Monday, with CNBC's John Harwood.
The U.S. Treasury is selling off General Motors stock, launching the beginning of the end of the government's 5-year auto rescue. Ed Schultz calculates the costs and the benefits with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston.
Under Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for International Affairs Lael Brainard listens to a question at the 2013 NABE Economic Policy Conference in Washington, March 5, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
A Bloomberg terminal displays news as a trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange May 13, 2013. Bloomberg LP customers, including the U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury, are examining whether there could have been leaks of confidential information, even as the media company re
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew attend an unveiling ceremony in conjunction with the Raoul Wallenberg Congressional Gold Medal at the Treasury Department in Washington May 9, 2013. Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, was credited with saving thousands of Jews in Budape
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew shake hands during an unveiling ceremony in conjunction with the Raoul Wallenberg Congressional Gold Medal at the Treasury Department in Washington May 9, 2013. Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, was credited with saving thousands of Je
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