House Budget Committee proposes boosting defense spending, reshaping welfare programs

The House Budget Committee unveiled a spending proposal Tuesday that would boost funding for defense but dramatically reshape social welfare programs such as Medicare and food stamps. The fiscal 2018 budget — which the committee said would result in a $9 billion...

House Budget Committee proposes boosting defense spending, reshaping welfare programs

The House Budget Committee unveiled a spending proposal Tuesday that would boost funding for defense but dramatically reshape social welfare programs such as Medicare and food stamps. The fiscal 2018 budget — which the committee said would result in a $9 billion...

Why activist investor Nelson Peltz wants Procter & Gamble to see him as a ‘constructivist’

Nelson Peltz hates being called an activist, let alone a corporate raider. The longtime financier, who has made his name investing in companies like Heinz and DuPont and agitating for change, prefers to think of himself as a “constructivist,” someone who...