Cars Americans Don’t Want to Buy
U.S. auto sales last year were the highest on record, with nearly 17.5 million cars and light trucks sold. Car manufacturers were not the only ones to enjoy the higher sales but dealerships did…
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Mike Sauter
Manufacturers Bringing The Most Jobs Back to America
The loss of American manufacturing jobs to foreign labor has been a central theme of several presidential candidates’ campaigns. However, the trend of offshoring may be slowing, according to one organization. According to non-profit…
The States With the Strongest and Weakest Unions
The U.S. Supreme Court issued in March a split vote on a decision that, if passed, would have prevented public sector unions from requiring non-union government workers to pay union fees. This split represents…
The Most (and Least) Meaningful Jobs
The U.S. monthly unemployment rate fell below 5% this January — the first time it has done so in eight years. A healthier economy means that some American workers can now be more selective…
America’s Fastest Growing Cities
The U.S. population grew by 0.79% over the last year, just slightly faster than the previous year’s growth rate but still among the slowest rates in decades. While the nationwide growth was slow, population…
States With the Highest (and Lowest) Sales Taxes
The deadline for filing income tax returns is less than a few weeks away. In addition to income taxes, Americans pay property and general sales taxes as well, which also account for a significant…
Ticket Prices for the Top 25 College Basketball Teams
Coming up this weekend is Selection Sunday, when the NCAA selection committee will choose which teams are worthy of playing in the Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament — also known as March Madness. While…
11 Retailers Closing the Most Stores
As U.S. employment continues to improve in the years after the recession, Americans are more likely to have disposable income to spend on clothes and goods. Retail sales in the United States rose for…
The Most (and Least) Healthy Countries in the World
A typical American born today can expect to live 78.8 years. While the U.S. life expectancy is better than in many parts of the world, it is three to five years shorter than the…
10 Cities With the Most Expensive Water
Last year, the water supply in Flint, Michigan was found to contain high amounts of lead. As many as 8,000 children have likely been exposed to the poisonous substance for months. Meanwhile, more evidence…
Cities Where Crime Is Plummeting
The violent crime rate nationwide fell in 2014 to a rate of 365.5 incidents per 100,000 residents, the lowest it has been in decades. Crime, including murder, robbery, and other violent and nonviolent crimes,…
Why the Most Expensive Super Bowl Ticket Costs $25,400
As Super Bowl 50 approaches, fans of the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos — and football fans in general — are scrambling to find reasonably priced seats at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara,…
Sports Teams Gaining the Most Fans
The success of a sports franchise is largely dependent on its ability to attract fans to games and sell tickets. The departure of the Rams from St. Louis after years of dwindling attendance in…
The Richest Person in Each State
The net worth of just 20 U.S. citizens is greater than the combined wealth of more than half of the U.S. population. Political discourse over the past few years has focused on comparisons between…
The Best (and Worst) Investments of 2015
Year-end reviews provide hindsight into the market. They allow investors to examine which investments did well, and which was better left out of the portfolio. With an increasingly interdependent global economy, Americans’ investing portfolios…
The Most (and Least) Healthy States: A Survey of All 50
The United States spends far and away the most on health care per capita, yet the nation lags nearly two years behind the average life expectancy among developed nations. The Affordable Care Act will…
Beers Americans No Longer Drink
Beverage giant Anheuser-Busch Inbev made a more than $100 billion offer last month to buy its main competitor, SABMiller. The resulting conglomerate will be by far the largest beer beverage company in the world…
America’s Fastest Growing Beer Brands
Beverage giant Anheuser-Busch Inbev made a more than $100 billion offer last month to buy its main competitor, SABMiller. The resulting conglomerate will be by far the largest beer company in the world with…
States With The Best and Worst Diets
As researchers have shown time and again, a poor diet is the single largest determinant of unhealthy weight gain, and is a principal component of unhealthy lifestyles more generally. While exercise habits have remained…
The Most Popular Brand in Each State
Thinkstock Marketing agencies make it a priority to identify the nation’s regional brand tastes — why people choose Coca-Cola over Pepsi, or Ford over Chrysler — in one part of the country over another.…