Economics

Supply chain issues are back again to dull your holiday

Job postings featuring hiring incentives have more than doubled on the search platform Indeed compared to last year

In what’s been dubbed the “Great Resignation,” 4 million people, or 2.7% of US workers, quit their jobs in April

Obi Nwankwo is a star athlete with a first-rate college degree and a fantastic job. So where did it all go wrong? Our financial sleuths are about to find out.

A retailer with an old-school feel might win big from the home-buying frenzy should it draw younger first-time members.

Chart-topping rapper Rick Ross might portray the lifestyle of a person focused solely on opulence in his songs, but in reality, the self-proclaimed “Biggest Boss” said he works hard and practices frugality to live in the lap of luxury. Currently, the 45-year-old rapper resides in a gorgeous home in Georgia that comes with 109 rooms, including 12 bedrooms and 21 bathrooms, as Blavity previously reported . He purchased the estate which belonged to Evander Holyfield for 5.8 million in 2014 after it went into foreclosure. Ross told Forbes that his neighbors have told him that Holyfield spent a small fortune on lawn care for the property. But the Clarksdale, Mississippi native said he’d rather learn to cut grass himself than pay close to $1 million to maintain the lawn. “When I bought the Fayetteville estate, locals would see me walk out of a restaurant and scream, ‘You know Holyfield spent $1 million a year to cut the grass.’ So I decided that I was gonna cut my own grass. And that’s...

The pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers — whose mother is Mexican American — hit a home run with fans on Twitter.

Major retailers are suing amid a Justice Department investigation.

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A new service on the market allows families to sail without the hassle of owning a boat.

A key index picked up 3.9 percent over last year, a pace not seen in more than a decade, though the monthly price gain was lower than expected.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two months of sharply rising prices have raised concerns that record-high government financial aid and the Federal Reserve’s ultra-low interest rate policies — when the economy is already surging — have elevated the risk of accelerating inflation.

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The NCAA is moving closer toward allowing college athletes to make money from their names, images and likenesses. What could they earn? We checked with the experts.

Name, image and likeness legislation is set to take effect in six states, allowing college athletes to be paid for the first time, and marketing platform Opendorse is poised to capitalize.

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The effort will give Michiganians who are vaccinated the chance to win more than $5 million and nine college scholarships.

Job seeker searches for bonuses have surged.

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Homebuyers looking for a new spot to lay their head at night in Metro Detroit are competing for one of the limited number of houses for sale. But added to the mix: investors, who are also vying to buy homes from the same historically low pot. Their inverse goal: a spot for others to lay their heads…

Retail’s set up for a strong post-pandemic recovery

A key inflation indicator that the Federal Reserve uses to set policy rose 3.4% in May, the fastest increase since the early 1990s.

NEW YORK (AP) — Yummy, a 12-year-old Labrador retriever, is in Petco's San Diego offices so much he has his own title. “We call him the chief dog officer,” says CEO Ron Coughlin, the real top dog at Petco, who brings Yummy to work every day.

Ford touts range of its high performance Mustang Mach-E vehicles.

Welcome to the wacky world of U.S. car and truck sales, where the pandemic and a global shortage of computer chips have pushed prices to record levels.

When Omar Anani was starting out in the restaurant industry more than a decade ago, he slept in the back seat of his car and often didn't know where his next meal would come from. Even with tips, the $2.65 an hour he made as a server wasn't enough to live on. "It was something I swore I would never…

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