Economics

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.

Thoughtful, data-driven sports journalism.

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.

Carriers are re-routing vessels as a direct result of 15 strikes in the Red Sea since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October.

Houthi assaults on merchant ships as they sail through the Red Sea are driving up the shares of firms transporting everything from manufactured goods to oil and commodities.

Love them or hate them—the elves’ empire is growing.

Firm says it is weighing up options to secure product availability amid Yemeni rebel attacks on shipping

Firm says it is weighing up options to secure product availability amid Yemeni rebel attacks on shipping

If getting sick can render you bankrupt, why not live inside a grocery store for 45 days to eliminate your financial burdens?

Europe’s highest court ruled yesterday that UEFA and FIFA acted unlawfully when they tried to block clubs from forming an elite competition called the Super League in 2021.

Angola was one of OPEC’s largest African oil producers.

Most don’t work anymore, but Americans age 70 and older have seen their share of collective wealth surge during the pandemic.

The annual pace of new home construction surged last month amid a historic shortage of housing inventory and falling mortgage rates.

Next to those stockings hung by the chimney with care, it appears more likely than ever that the trimmed tree will be, well, faux.

Ships are re-routing to avoid getting fired at by Yemen's Houthi militants.

Bezos knows his space startup has some serious catching up to do.