Senate Democrats are poised to pass a landmark health care bill that could define President Barack Obama’s legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the country’s history.

Greece’s Socialist-led parliament approved a 2010 budget aimed at reducing the country’s high deficit by boosting tax revenues while slashing spending and restricting salaries and new appointments in the public sector.

Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of Senate passage Wednesday, crushing a year-end Republican filibuster against President Barack Obama’s call to remake the nation’s health care system.

The new chief financial officer at General Motors Co. will receive a salary of $750,000 next year, but he’ll get up to another $5.45 million worth of stock starting in 2012 if GM successfully sells shares to the public.

Chevron Corp. will pay $45.5 million to resolve claims that it underpaid natural gas royalties to the government and Native Americans, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

Bailouts: Having spent more than $3 trillion on stimulus and bailouts so far, the government apparently can’t be sure it’s not being massively…

New data on personal income and spending raised hopes of a merry Christmas for the U.S. economy Wednesday, though many economists still urge caution.

Treasury to aid small businesses