Economics

The US Postal Service filed a notice with its regulators to increase prices on first-class “forever” mail stamps.

Solar grazing is spreading rapidly as more investors pivot to green energy.

Fed officials believed that higher inflation readings in January and February 2024 were a blip. But with the March reading also coming in hot, analysts say this is more than a fluke.

There’s been a mere 8% increase in students eating taxpayer-paid school lunches in Michigan

Authorities in the Russian Republic of Chechnya have announced a ban on music that they consider too fast or slow.

Citi says a record-breaking rally for both cocoa and coffee prices could yet have further room to run.

The controversial practice is opposed by animal rights activists but supported by some conservationists.

The treasury secretary is worried cheap Chinese goods are damaging the world economy.

Most U.S. workers are in occupations that have only emerged widely since 1940, according to a large-scale study of 80 years of U.S. census data, led by MIT economist David Autor.

A RIFF on what country is really about.

The New York City Marathon is being asked to pay roughly $750,000 a year to make up for toll revenue lost while the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is closed.

Bird flu is spreading rapidly across the country, and it’s not just affecting birds.

The streaming service is looking to offset the cost of its audiobook offering.

Most Americans have been taught their whole lives that the USSR was hell on earth, but how are they to react when they’re given sources that say things like how CIA data shows that Soviet citizens lived better lives than Americans or that the Soviet Union abolished homelessness? These claims are obviously false, but skeptics of capitalism and America writ large find them enticing.

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Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" has been out for only a few days, yet it's already obvious that we'll be talking about it for years to come -- it's breaking

A group of 200 musicians signed an open letter calling on tech companies and developers to not undermine human creativity with AI music generation tools.

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The answer involves a remarkable — and lucrative, and ridiculous — scheme to game the way we find music today.

Most U.S. workers are in occupations that have only emerged widely since 1940, according to a large-scale study of 80 years of U.S. census data, led by MIT economist David Autor.

More young people are opting out of traditional college and opting into vocational programs.

Footage of green-fingered BBC presenter obscured from waist down to hide ‘symbol of US imperialism’

The city estimates that its wildly popular e-bike subsidies are helping to eliminate 170,000 vehicle miles traveled per week.

It’s been more expensive for chocolatiers to get their beans, and many are passing those added costs on to you.

For eight years, Michael Ojeda delivered food for a Pizza Hut in Ontario, California, using the income he received to support his family. In December, the 29-year-old received a letter from the pizza franchise informing him that his employment was being terminated in February. The news shook him. “Pizza Hut was my career for nearly

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Problems have plagued the manufacturer even after two fatal crashes, and many current and former employees blame its focus on making planes more quickly.