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Musk said in an interview that more social spending would just add to the already sky-high federal deficit.

Just one-in-six Michigan voters thinks the state has a long-term strategy for attracting new jobs and business investment.About 71 percent of Michigan voters believe job-creation policy depends on who's in office, according to a new statewide poll commissioned by Business Leaders for Michigan.In…

Amazon's use of Alexa as a wake word for its voice assistant turned the name into a command, impacting daily interactions for people with the name, myself included.

Nature - What we eat needs to be nutritious and sustainable. Researchers are trying to figure out what that looks like around the world.

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Citing the high costs associated with Covid illnesses, a growing number of employers are telling employees who decline to be vaccinated to pay up.

While Larry Bell maintains that his patrons won’t see any noticeable changes after the planned sale of his Bell’s Brewery Inc. to the parent company of New Belgium Brewing Co., the two like-minded bre...

GM sees some improvement in the chips supply, but still has to remove heated seats and steering. Here's what dealers say about it.

50 Years of Productivity Gains     To hear an audio spoken word version of this post, click here.   There has been lots of ink spilled on the dangers of rising wages as a source of inflation. The problem with focusing on input costs is that it is incomplete. To fully understand the wage and labor…Read More

Apps like Branch and DailyPay give workers the option to tap their wages just moments after finishing their shift.

Months-long silences. Mysterious rejections. Here’s what's behind the shortages of a critical tool for ending the pandemic.

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The US has more jobs than it can fill. Fixing the immigration system could boost the economy.

Pfizer Inc on Tuesday said it expected 2021 sales of the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with German partner BioNTech SE to reach $36 billion and forecast another $29 billion from the shot in 2022, topping analyst estimates for both years.

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By now, you've heard the news that Michigan lost out to Kentucky and Tennessee on an $11.4 billion investment from Ford Motor Co. to build new electric vehicle facilities.To say the decision stung is an understatement. Ford is part of Michigan's DNA and to see a significant future investment go…

Meanwhile, the anti-union push that political observers have predicted will hover over the Ford project already has begun to swirl.

Why are innovation cycles and business growth linked so closely? We explore waves of creative destruction across history.

The inside story behind one of the world's fastest growing and most customer-centric companies

It is often a struggle just to stay afloat. But if you had enough money, would you pursue more of it – or should time now be our greatest aspiration?

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You shouldn't need free stuff to get vaccinated, but it's there if you want it.

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In this economics lesson, students will examine a public-private partnership to learn about opportunity cost.

In this economics activity, students will match individuals with their preferred methods of allocating goods and services.

A growing number of tech billionaires have decided they want to use their enormous wealth to try and help humans "cheat death."