Economics

The push for faster delivery is reshaping how products move and the emissions tied to every purchase.

The Universal Music Group has inked a new partnership with AI giant NVIDIA “to pioneer responsible AI for music discovery, creation and engagement."

Ideally, there should be no such thing as the Federal Reserve System. The Fed should not have been created in 1913, and should be disbanded right now. End the

Both parties have turned their backs on traditional economic advice. Is the country paying the price?

With 28 different fast food restaurants among state favorites, there's incredible variety in America's fast food preferences.

We’ve made a lot of charts this year — here are some of the biggest trends of 2025 and where we think they might go in the 12 months ahead. And...

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Mergers, Acquisitions, and Political Plays

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced his reelection bid in November by saying he wants to abolish school property taxes. Naturally there have been objections,

The financial columnist, Matthew Lynn, is back at it. His latest essay asserts that economists still have egg on their faces because the Trump tariffs are,

In Brussels, we have witnessed a scene that has become increasingly common: protests by European farmers marked by escalating hostility, including burning

Watch and listen as President Domenico Grasso joins leaders across the business and innovation ecosystem to explore how universities and the private sector can help revive the American Dream. Top executives from Warby Parker, Under Armour, Michigan Central, Revolution, and TALA share strategies and

Now the first pill of its kind to receive approval from the regulator, Novo’s Wegovy pill is expected to launch in the US in early January 2026....

“If you can get new customers or new electricity consumption added to the grid when and where there is that spare capacity – you could spread the cost of the grid across more customers and br…

Here are the 2025 best inventions making the world better, smarter, and more fun.

The 38th annual Best of What's New awards.

The tax fight comes amid a separate, but related, years-long fight in communities across the state and in the Legislature over how to best regulate and, in some cases, tax short-term rentals, which…

After bemoaning the politicization of antitrust during the Biden administration, Trump officials are now politicizing it themselves.

Is this a harbinger of things to come for laptop and smartphone prices?

Explore the searches that shaped 2025, from Google Trends. #yearinsearch

This graphic features a top 25 list of the world’s most innovative companies, presenting leaders like ServiceNow, Workday, and Tesla.

Nearly a year ago, New York City embarked on a controversial program to toll drivers entering some of Manhattan’s busiest streets. The goal of the congestion pricing plan, the first of its kind in the US, was to improve air quality and raise $15 billion to upgrade the city’s extensive — and aging — transit system, all while relieving traffic in a routinely clogged part of town.

In the city that never sleeps, five families hustle each winter to turn sidewalks into holiday outposts. The Merchants of Joy follows these Christmas die-hards as they source, sell, and safeguard a family tradition at risk. It's a warm, grounded portrait of pride, grit, and the joy they bring—one tree, one customer, one season at a time.

Love Actually has become a beloved holiday classic precisely because it captures the messy, often contradictory nature of human relationships. The film’s

In economics, a deadweight loss is as bad as it sounds.

by Allen Mendenhall

Popular Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam plans to pause production at its main distillery next year, according to the James B. Beam Distilling Company.

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