Economics

Olivia Rodrigo might be one of the few teens getting her driver's license.  Answer: 25.2% of 16-year-olds had their driver's license in 2023 60.3% of 18-year-olds had their driver's license in 2023   Questions: When did you get your driver’s license OR when do you plan to get your license? Why? The percentage of teens with a driver’s license has been decreasing since the 1980’s. Why do you think that is?

A judge has ordered Peninsula Township to pay $50 million to the region's 11 wineries, saying the township's business restrictions were unconstitutional.

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.

The Summer Restaurant Trends Report provides insights into early summer restaurant performance in 20 U.S. cities and all 50 states, summer food trends by state, and Q2 tipping trends from restaurants on the Toast platform.

The former is now worth about 18x as much as the latter....

More people are asking to spend the night before making an offer. ‘You should try it before you buy it.’

Get the latest restaurant industry statistics and trends on the national and state levels.

German postal services group DHL said Friday that it would suspend the shipment of standard parcels for businesses to the United States, in line with similar moves by European peers deterred by looming US customs duties for low-value packages.

Wherever you fall on the vacation scent memory spectrum, the hotel where it was wafting probably did it on purpose.

Perfume dupes have taken off recently. Fragrance experts weigh in on the ethics and what to look for when making a purchase.

There’s not much legal protection for name-brand fragrances.

Young people are investing in making themselves smell nice.

Workers are clinging to their jobs as they sour on their prospects in the labor market.

by Rachel Lu

Apple TV+ is bumping up its price by 30%: For U.S. customers, it will now be $12.99 per month, up from $9.99.

After many years of struggling to understand how businesses create value, and finding it completely impossible to empathize with entrepreneurs and the strugg...

Sony on Wednesday announced that it will hike prices of the PlayStation 5 in the US this week....

Home Depot said Tuesday that some of its prices could be going up because of the cost of tariffs.

Talk of a potential U.S. share in the chip maker comes after Trump called on the CEO of Intel to resign earlier this month over his China ties

Survey shows students and parents expect far less college debt than graduates typically face today.

The Dallas Cowboys are still the biggest team by far....

A viral crash out offers a chance to understand how student loans can grow faster than most borrowers expect, and what we can do to prevent it.

Morning Brew delivers quick and insightful updates about the business world every day of the week from Wall St. to Silicon Valley.

President Trump is imitating the Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into the economy.

Box demand touches nearly every industry, from flat-screen TVs to packaged food, all of which see sales fluctuate based on how flush shoppers feel.

Tesla is hiring drivers in NYC to collect data for its autonomous vehicle unit.

The goalposts are moving. That’s a good thing — but 1 in 10 people are still living on less than $3 a day....

Prime members get free same-day delivery on groceries if they spend $25 or more....

Are tariffs a “boiling frog” process... or is this water really just lukewarm?...