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AP source: Boehner offers millionaire tax hike

By By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Signaling new movement in "fiscal cliff" talks, House Speaker John Boehner has proposed raising the top rate for earners making more than $1 million, a person familiar with the negotiations said. President Barack Obama, who wants higher top

Some worry Sandy could aid NY gambling expansion

By By MICHAEL HILLAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Anti-gambling forces fear that the economic losses from Superstorm Sandy could help efforts to expand casino gambling in New York. State lawmakers were already expected to consider a gambling amendment to the state constitution next year

ECB: Crisis eases, "no room for complacency"

By By DAVID McHUGHAP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - European Central Bank officials say there is "no room for complacency" even though stresses from the debt crisis have eased on banks and financial markets. The central bank for the 333 million people in the 17-country eurozone on

Treasury spells out rules on taxing of tribes

By By SUZANNE GAMBOAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Taxes cannot be levied on honoraria to a shaman or spiritual leader for religious services, but could be assessed on per-capita payments from gambling revenues to tribal members, under a proposal for taxing Native Americans by the Internal