Economics

Ticketmaster's "Verified Fan" system doesn't help fans. It helps scalpers who have hundreds of accounts, use special internet browsers, and have dozens of credit cards.

An Edinburgh food research team produces a lower-fat alternative aimed at cutting palm oil dependence.

British competition regulators has signaled that Microsoft’s restructured $69 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard is likely to receive antitrust approval.

Starbucks has 383 billion unique latte combinations.

The FOMC opts to keep interest rates as-is. But what does that mean for us?   With the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) having their September press conference today, we delve into an essential topic for your students' financial literacy journey: the Federal Reserve's role in shaping personal finances. Let's break down the key topics discussed in today's press conference and explore some engaging discussion questions to use in your classrooms.

The world’s best athletes make us happier. It’s harder to tell if they make us richer.

The spice is one of the world’s most elusive, complex and hard to cultivate ingredients. But for many Americans, it still represents a “boring” choice.

To succeed on Spotify and other services, songs are getting shorter, albums are getting longer, and artists are collaborating across genres.

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French supermarket chain labels products that have shrunk in size but cost more before contract talks with suppliers

There are 29 empty properties per homeless person across the US. Have a look through historical changes and how each US state compares.

UAW President Shawn Fain has brushed off comments that his labor action would only solidify Tesla’s dominance in the EV market.

Powered by algorithms and AI, a growing number of consumer industries are adjusting prices in response to supply and demand

It’s the government’s biggest antitrust case since the DOJ took on Microsoft in 1998.

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Google’s dominant search engine market share has prompted the U.S. Justice Department to file a lawsuit over anticompetitive practices.

A new discovery of lithium this last week led to a flurry of headlines touting the finding as one of the biggest lithium deposits in history. The discovery comes amid fears that a shift towards electric vehicles would exhaust too much of the world’s supply of lithium—an important component in batteries. This raises an interesting question. Why do we never run out of resources when experts say we will?

McDonald’s is getting rid of one of its biggest perks.

Activities in the rest of your life now feature dynamic prices, which change along with demand.

The UK’s biggest pub company is trying to offset high costs with "dynamic pricing".

Olive trees in Spain and neighboring countries have little fruit, which itself could wither away

The Queen, better known as Beyoncé, had a dress code in mind for Renaissance tour concert goers attending her “House of Chrome,” as she described her concerts.

Today, the stadiums of every major sport have luxury suites, VIP lounges, club seats, and ever more luxurious amenities. But NFL stadiums have the most by fa...

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For most people, the new economics of higher ed make going to college a risky bet.

`These requirements would have the impact of exacerbating the already too-high homeownership gap,' said Marc Morial, head of the National Urban League.

Why it probz isn’t the best move to go to a town that wants to pay you.

The government is pressing ahead with plans to take back the land despite loud opposition from wealthy golf club members, underscoring the gravity of Hong Kong’s housing problem.

Shippers are paying up to $2.4 million per vessel if they want to beat a logjam of carriers waiting to sail through the drought-affected Panama Canal, according to one company active in the market.