Economics

With better margins on advertising-supported offerings, Disney, Netflix, Paramount, NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery find themselves incentivized to usher consumers to those plans.

What are Gen Z's favorite brands? Here are the top 5 brands for apparel, footwear, and handbags, according to U.S. teens in September 2023.

Many in popular culture and elite institutions promote democracy as a cure for all that ails us. We have lost the healthy skepticism of its worst excesses that the Founding Fathers understood when they established the governing institutions of the United States. These excesses were on full display over the weekend.

Countries with a cumulative population of 4 billion are voting this year with democracy on the ballot in many places.

Stop with the salt: adding a dash of water to coffee beans before grinding them could be the secret to a better-tasting cup of caffeinated goodness, new research suggests.

Two mathematicians say they can guarantee you a lottery win — though it's unlikely to make you rich.

Preliminary bidding had pushed the starting price to $1.3 million.

It’s the new year, and with it, it appears Costco is bringing a new item to its food court while also replacing another.

Proposals to address the complex factors driving drug scarcity wouldn't come cheap.

Jimmy and The Roots perform a song about getting gift cards for loved ones for Christmas.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Stream now on Peacock: http...

A University of Kentucky program provides students with seed money to become better savers and investors.

Customers camped outside Target, jumped behind the cashier’s counter, and raced each other to grab limited edition Stanley tumblers in pink and red.

Daniel Shapero, LinkedIn’s chief operating officer, offers his advice for Gen Z workers entering a labor market undergoing radical change.

Brickit is an app that scans your pile of bricks, identifies every piece in it, gives you ideas what to build with them with step-by-step instructions and lets you share the things you make with other enthusiasts.

While reading the new biography on Mitt Romney, there was a key economics principle that wove through his political life like Albus Dumbledore through Harry's. Just like Dumbledore always nudged Harry at critical moments, this principle helped Romney navigate his way from a failed Senate candidacy, to a successful Gubernatorial run, to multiple failed Presidential campaigns, and finally to a successful seat in the Senate.

On the final day of the year, Taylor Swift added one more accolade to her long list of accomplishments n 2023: She now holds the record for most weeks for a solo artist at No. 1 on the Billboard 20…

The past two decades have seen mountains all over succumb.

The boycott of Bud Light was just one factor in a year of industrywide declines.

The Kansas State Wildcats won the Pop-Tarts Bowl, but the edible Pop-Tart mascot was the real star.

How close can you get to the selling price of homes from across the country? Craftsman or colonial? East Coast or West Coast? Maybe the Midwest?

Consumer sentiment soared 14% in December, reversing four consecutive months of declines and reaching its highest reading since July, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.

Inflation has cooled significantly recently, but you may still find yourself paying more at the grocery store. What gives? Here's a primer on what easing inflation actually means.

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Consumer Reports shows you how to sell the stuff you no longer need and turn those castoffs into cash.

By DEE-ANN DURBIN (AP Business Writer) Gift cards make great stocking stuffers — just as long as you don’t stuff them in a drawer and forget about them after the holidays. Americans are…

The promise of self-checkout has meant that customers can avoid long lines by scanning and bagging their own items. But it has also meant shoppers griping about clunky technology.

Fans have been debating the McCallister family’s wealth for years. We asked the Federal Reserve for answers.

With 158 vessels carrying $105 billion in ocean cargo avoiding the Red Sea amid Houthis' attacks, freight prices are soaring.