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With the world’s highest ratio of elderly-to-non-elderly people, Japan is struggling to plug gaps in its labor force.

Trump proposes permanent standard time.

Under President Biden, more than two million immigrants per year have entered, government data shows.

The Biden administration has reached a final agreement to give Micron Corp. nearly $6.2 billion in subsidies from a program designed to boost American semiconductor manufacturing, allowing funds to start flowing to factories in Idaho and New York.

The fast-casual chain says it is raising prices by as much as 2% in response to inflation.

The UK’s grid operator will launch a service next week that will allow homes and businesses to get paid for using less power during times when the grid is strained.

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For some television viewers, size apparently does matter. Forget the 65-inch TVs that were considered bigger than average just a few years ago.

Donald Trump recently identified the Republican Party as the “party of common sense.” In many ways, common sense is lacking in public policy. For example,

US economic growth is exceeding that of other G7 countries largely due to high worker productivity.

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If the fall in obesity rates is sustained, it would be a public health victory on par with the decline in cigarette smoking.

Nearly 50,000 dock workers went on strike this week along the East and Gulf Coasts.

With the latest sales numbers, CEO Carlos Tavares is likely to remain public enemy No. 1 among Stellantis’s network of US car dealerships.

Lawmakers dedicated a $2 million earmark toward the rehab of a former state prison near Traverse City, but no one has stepped forward as the sponsor.

The burrito chain is aiming to serve more customers without hiring more workers—and so is everyone else.