The year’s not over, but it’s not too early to declare the hands-down winner of this year’s Scrooge award: Sen. Rand Paul. The Kentucky Republican wants to cut off people’s unemployment ...

The cut of 0.25 per cent on December 6 was the good news that many borrowers had been holding out for, but lower mortgage payments are yet to follow from the majority of lenders. Another 37 per cent ...

After touring a Pennsylvania toy factory that’s churning out would-be holiday gifts, President Barack Obama warned Friday of a “Scrooge” Christmas if Congress does not pass legislation ...

Perhaps waiting like Scrooge for three ghosts to come in one night, Congress has fouled up big time, frozen in inaction in 2008, 2009 and 2010. But now the gap between legislators has narrowed.