North Korea launched a second missile over Japan on Thursday evening, a clearly defiant signal of its intention to ignore the latest round of UN sanctions and continue with its nuclear testing program.
Wildfires have burned more than 8 million acres in the American West this summer. Some U.S. legislators are pushing for relaxed rules on logging to reduce fuel for the fires. Will more logging help?
If you want to live in a city with low stress, brush up on your German. Seven of the 10 least stressful cities in the world are places where that is the dominant spoken…
After a somewhat disappointing reading on wholesale inflation from the Producer Price Index, now there is at least some positive surprise on the Consumer Price Index for August.
New research suggests a potential slowdown in municipal revenue as fiscal growth in American cities contracts for the second straight year.
The U.S. Department of Labor reported on Wednesday that the cost of goods and services measured by the Producer Price Index for final demand in August was up the most since April.
Reaching Generation Z, those born in 1995 or later, has become a challenge for marketers and prospective employers, according to outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
A fresh report from the Census Bureau showed that U.S. household income and earnings rose to a record median reading in 2016.
As the Southeast cleans up from Hurricane Irma and Texas rebounds from the historic punishment meted out by Hurricane Harvey, the tempest-tossed South may have to prepare for another storm in the Atlantic. Hurricane…
The National Federation of Independent Business optimism index rose slightly in August, but the number of job openings slipped as did plans to raise workers' pay.
Americans spent more than $100 billion over the past year on sports events, athletic equipment and gym memberships, according to a new report.
U.S. credit card debt rose by $33 billion in the second quarter of this year and is solidly on track to top $1 trillion by the end of 2017.
The combined cost of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey could top $290 billion, an unprecedented level that could slow the American economy and hammer insurance company balance sheets.
Goldman Sachs has speculated that Hurricane Harvey may shave 1% off national GDP growth for the third quarter. Imagine what the results will be if another, larger hurricane decimates an area as large as…
Florida has the fourth largest economy among all states, but Hurricane Irma could undermine business and financial activity across the state.
