Economics

Smucker’s is suing Trader Joe’s over a crustless PB&J sandwich. The lawsuit isn’t about peanut butter or jelly. It’s about how companies stay different in markets where everything looks the same.

Since the launch of the War on Poverty in the 1960s, the rate of those living in poverty, as defined by the US government, has stubbornly persisted. Yet

The world’s largest furniture retailer is raising prices on some products, and working to source more goods in the U.S.

A national survey shows a majority of corn growers believe the farm economy is already in a crisis or on the verge of one due to lower profit margins.

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Liberate’s AI agents automate tasks for P&C insurers, working across sales, service, and claims.

Some laws extinguish fires; others ignite them. In Spain, a country that has mastered the art of legislating against reality, we have more of the second kind.

New furniture and wood tariffs went into effect on Tuesday.

A.I. has come for Day Family jobs

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Nothing says Happy National Coffee Day like "coffee is getting more expensive." But here were are, with the receipts.

According to a new US Treasury report, American whiskey production has fallen to its lowest level since 2019

Berry spending topped $12B in the last year. Many parents felt like their own kids accounted for all of it.

“One can’t expect to make an omelet without breaking eggs.” With those words in 1790, Maximilian Robespierre welcomed the horrific French Revolution that had begun the year before. Robespierre and his guillotine broke eggs by the thousands in a vain effort to impose a utopian society based on the seductive slogan “liberté, égalité, fraternité.” But, alas, Robespierre never made a single omelet. Nor did any of the other thugs who held power in the decade after 1789. They left France in moral, political, and economic ruin, and ripe for the dictatorship of Napoleon Bonaparte. As with Robespierre, no omelets came from the egg-breaking efforts of Lenin, Mao, Pol Pot, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini, either.

The strike that closed almost all of London’s underground network for four days in mid-September is estimated to have cost the UK economy £230 million ($307

Alexander Hamilton, the first treasurer of the United States, knew there was a better way for countries to become prosperous than by conquering others. What…

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Streaming services — from Netflix to Apple TV+ to Peacock to Spotify — slowly and steadily raise their prices, digging deeper into their users’...

India shipped nearly half of all US smartphone imports last quarter....

Three researchers who probed the process of business innovation have won the Nobel memorial prize in economics for explaining how new products and inventions promote economic growth and human welfare, even as they leave older companies in the dust.

Disney has increased ticket prices for its two big U.S. theme parks, Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando and Disneyland Resort in Anaheim.

Wendy’s has launched a new strategic plan, dubbed “Project Fresh,” aimed at revitalizing the brand, reigniting growth, accelerating profitability and enhancing shareholder value.

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Experts weigh in on the pros and cons that come with the surging popularity of electric bicycles.

The Mexican federal government has announced a new 8% excise tax on violent video games. The justification? That violent games are responsible for violent

Steam rooms are gaining popularity in the US

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has caught national attention, both positively and negatively. Some find his democratic socialist ideas refre ...

The US fast-food business is more productive than it’s been in decades — and Taco Bell is betting on AI to stay ahead....