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Several members of the OPEC+ alliance had in November voluntary supply cuts totaling 2.2 million-barrel-per-day cut for the first quarter of this year.

The U.S. imports more bananas than any other country, and they've never cost more than $1.

Most of the companies in a U.K. trial were so pleased with the results — improved wellbeing, lower turnover, greater efficiency — they've made the four-day workweek permanent.

Indian weddings are typically lavish, multi-day celebrations that can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some couples are moving away from that.

The Phillies have ended the popular $1 Hot Dog Night promotion, citing "the organization's ongoing commitment to provide a positive experience for all fans in attendance."

Bloomberg said the law’s bread exemption stems from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s friendship with a Panera Bread franchisee.

Apple Inc., reaching a make-or-break point in its decade-old effort to build a car, has pivoted to a less ambitious design with the intent of finally bringing an electric vehicle to market.

Cutting in front of someone who’s been waiting patiently in line used to be unethical, bad manners, taboo. Now, businesses are letting people pay for the privilege of skipping the line.

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Costs have gone way up and there are so many options — but we are here to help. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans suggests some streaming strategy best practices and looks carefully at the major providers.

Fueled by private equity and a subscription-based business model, the auto wash industry is flooding the US with new outlets. Some towns and cities have had enough.

The agency alleges that the merger would lead to higher prices for customers.

Why major US cities are finally ditching parking mandates

The result has been an unexpected productivity boom, which helps explain a great economic mystery: How has the world’s largest economy managed to remain so healthy, with brisk growth and low unempl…

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How much the Tooth Fairy gives for a lost tooth in 2024 has dropped with cooling inflation.

Choice of major, internships and getting the right first job after graduation are critical to career paths, new data show.

Intuitive Machines’s Odysseus lander is the first US spacecraft to land on the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.

STERLING HEIGHTS — During a Jan. 30 strategic planning session, Sterling Heights city officials were invited to “Think Sterling Green” in fresh new ways, including a plan to start reforesting the city’s tree canopy.

Interviews with people in remote communities challenge widely held perception that money buys happiness

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Too few people donate their organs, dead or alive. How can we make it easier to donate, but avoid the abuses that some fear from cash payments?

Of the $61 billion earmarked for Ukraine, 64% would flow back to US defense contractors that make the weapons.

A combined Capital One and Discover would create the No. 1 US credit card company by loan volume.

American Airlines Group Inc. is raising the cost to check bags, just as an annual report shows the amount airlines collected from such fees last year grew to an estimated $33.3 billion.

US politicians are mad about investors buying up farmland, but they are even madder at the foreign investors doing it.

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Jeff Bezos has been unloading Amazon shares at a fast clip, dumping nearly 36 million shares for about $6 billion. Here's why.