They call it the "Botax." The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as they search for ways to pay for costly health care overhaul plans. Vanity was an... White House - Health care - Democratic - Health - Medicine

Some Florida businesses want to partly roll back an increase in their unemployment compensation tax after being shocked by its magnitude. Florida Retail Federation President Rick McAllister said Thursday that his group will ask the state to keep the taxable... Florida - Unemployment benefits - Tax - United States - Business

A new federal program to support state and local housing finance agencies is expected to involve more than $29 billion in government support, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac disclosed Thursday. Under the program announced by the Treasury Department last month, the... Freddie Mac - Fannie Mae - Government - United States Department of the Treasury - Finance

Central European Distribution Corp. late Wednesday priced its public offer of nearly 10.3 million shares of its common stock at $31 per share, slightly below the stock's closing price of $31.78. After the announcement, shares of the beer and spirits importer... Stock - Initial public offering - Common stock - Business - Beer

Gilbert Arenas is waiting for an audience. The enigmatic NBA point guard and former blogger extraordinaire finally signed up for Twitter, but he says he won't post anything on the social networking site until he has 1 million followers. Could be quite some... Gilbert Arenas - National Basketball Association - NBA - Point guard - Twitter