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President Barack Obama plans to propose billions of dollars worth of tax breaks for businesses, several of which are similar to proposals that previously enjoyed strong Republican support.

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Sales of previously-owned homes likely plunged in July to the lowest level since March 2009, further evidence the market is restrained by foreclosures and slagging job growth. Purchases dropped 13.4% from June to a 4.65 million annual rate, according to a Bloomberg survey. A decline would be the...

The U.S. housing sector took another hit this month as homebuilder sentiment unexpectedly fell to 13 in August from 14 in July. The measure has been drifting lower since the federal homebuyers tax credit expired this spring.

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The tax credit could effectively halve BP's contribution to the $20 billion escrow fund it set up to compensate victims of the spill at the behest of President Barack Obama.

New-home sales leaped in June by 23.6% from May, to a 330,000 annual rate, but that was aided by a downward revision to May's 47-year-low, to a 267,000 annual rate from the previous 300,000. Inventories fell, but there, too, the news is mixed.

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So, in the confusion and elation of buying a new home, you put off filing your home-buyer tax credit and now April 15 looms large. No problem, you think, I'll just e-file it. Think again. Although the IRS is gung-ho about electronic filing in most cases, it's requiring the home-buyer tax credit...

Early tax projections from the Tax Policy Center suggest that 45% of Americans will pay no federal income tax for 2009. Credits, deductions, and tax breaks have whittled down the federal income tax liability for most Americans -- from the poorest to the wealthiest -- such that many Americans will...