Economics

Three Nobel winners announced this week in chemistry and physics hail from the tech giant.

Antitrust crusader Lina Khan has raised the agency’s profile.

California and other states — and some cities — have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In fact, California's original ban made things worse.

The Beckhams, it seems, did not get the memo...

Disneyland fans woke up Wednesday morning to find about a 6% price increase on most park tickets and a price increase between 6% to 20% on annual passes, known as Magic Keys, for Disney’s original resort in California.

More people are slimming their orders or white-knuckling it past burger chains to cook at home instead.

A new filing from the Justice Department reveals what may happen to Google after a judge found it violated antitrust laws.

As Hurricane Milton approaches landfall in the U.S., the Biden administration is warning consumers of the risk of fraud and price gouging.

For all the attention given to economics by mainstream media and political pundits, our economic literacy as a society still leaves much to be desired. We

Amazon announced on Wednesday the upcoming addition of new AI-powered package retrieval technology to its electric vehicle fleet. The vision-based tech is

McDonald's has sued JBS, Tyson Foods and other leading meat processing and packing companies for allegedly conspiring for years to limit beef supplies.

The U.S. Tennis Association says that 10% of courts in America have been taken over or repainted since the pickleball boom began.

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In letters sent to General Mills, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, the lawmakers asked the corporations to end their “pattern of profiteering.”

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

California's regulations, adopted by a number of other states, are much more stringent than Biden administration rules.

According to Princeton University economics professor Alan S. Blinder, writing in the Wall Street Journal, Kamala Harris is entirely correct in her intention

In recent months, Venezuela has been in the world’s spotlight, unfortunately for bad reasons. Despite international pressure, dictator Nicolás Maduro refused

Americans have mixed views on the importance of having a degree. 47% say the cost is worth it only if someone doesn’t have to take out loans.

About half of U.S. adults (52%) lived in middle-income households in 2022, according to our new analysis of government data.

Joanne Hsu American consumers view the economic impact of both trade and immigration more critically now than in 2020, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The share of consumers voicing support for increased trade fell from 68% in 2020 to 54% in 2024. Unlike four year

The unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage point to 4.1%.

Hurricane Helene disrupted the only mines supplying the purest quartz used in semiconductor production.

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

Nearly three-fourths of bananas enter through the now-dark East and Gulf Coast ports.

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

The coffee giant buys 3% of the world's coffee supply, which has been pressured in recent years due to extreme weather.

Global markets are holding their breath after oil prices rose yesterday in response to escalating violence between Israel and Iran.

The strike was the first by the ILA since 1977, and it impacted port operations at 36 different ports, including the 10 busiest ports in North America.

Unrealized capital gains taxes may start by targeting the ultra-rich, but they will eventually target you.