Democratic congressional leaders would raise to 3.8% the White House' proposed new Medicare tax on investment income to generate $210 billion to help fund a health-care overhaul

The U.S. economy will keep expanding without a pickup in inflation that would require the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, reports today indicated.

Most U.S. stocks fell as speculation the Fed will increase its discount rate tempered gains spurred by further evidence that the economy is strengthening without stoking inflation