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The U.S. home-rental industry, transformed over the past two years by Wall Street-backed companies that were built on the rubble of the housing crash, is poised to be reshaped again as landlords get out.

Legislation to deter U.S. companies from moving their addresses overseas should avoid retroactive taxes, prevent a net tax increase and move toward a revamp of the tax code, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said Tuesday.

President Barack Obama Monday signed an order prohibiting federal agencies and contractors from discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workers.

Missouri’s overall rating in a national survey on friendliness to small business stayed about the same between 2013 and 2014, but ratings dropped in Kansas City and St. Louis.

As the national commercial real estate market continues to improve each quarter, the improvement has been slow in most major property sectors.

An insider-trading probe involving the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee and a top staff member also includes dozens of hedge funds, investment advisers and other firms, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said in a court filing.

Foreclosure filings in the U.S. fell in June to levels not seen since before the housing bubble burst eight years ago, causing 5.5 million people to lose their homes.

General Motors Co. should have dismissed its top lawyer, said Senator Claire McCaskill, as the Missouri Democrat opened the fourth congressional hearing in as many months into why it took the automaker so long to recall fatally flawed vehicles.

General Motors Co. should have dismissed its top lawyer, said Senator Claire McCaskill, as the Missouri Democrat opened the fourth congressional hearing in as many months into why it took the automaker so long to recall fatally flawed vehicles.

Microsoft Corp. said it will eliminate as many as 18,000 jobs, the largest round of cuts in its history, as Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella integrates Nokia Oyj’s handset unit and slims down the software maker.

The U.S. debt is expected to rise to 106 percent of the economy in 2039 from 74 percent this year, the Congressional Budget Office said.