Mo. agency says IRS hasn’t paid $172 hazardous waste fee from 2006, matter sent to prosecutors

Mo agency says IRS failed to pay $172 waste fee

Volatile stock market weighs on IPOs in January, but hope remains for the rest of the year

Volatile stock market weighing on IPOs

NEW YORK — Companies trying to sell their shares in initial public offerings had a hard time finding willing buyers in January — a trend that will likely continue until the stock market stabilizes.

Recriminations over slipshod statistics mark Greek politics; credibility may be hard to regain

Greeks fret about faulty data

ATHENS, Greece — Greece is greeting European outrage over its dubious economic data with repentance, defensiveness and fear that no one will believe them again — even if they do clean up the statistics and accounting agencies slammed by an EU report for faking growth and deficit figures.

Alaska Natives, environmental groups file legal challenge to Chukchi offshore drilling

Groups file legal challenge to Chukchi drilling

Giant trellises will be grown on 18-story federal office building in Portland, Ore.

Portland high-rise to get 250-foot-tall trellises