Nearly half of Americans say they are very likely to make a sizable purchase before the end of the year, according to a new .com report, an indication of continued consumer confidence and a…
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that six of 27 national monuments under review by the Trump administration be reduced in size and proposes changes to several others.
While storms may drive a frenzy of buying goods tied to the home, the evidence has been mounting that two major storms are going to hurt GDP and industrial production.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday morning that August retail sales fell 0.2% month over month. Weak motor vehicle sales, which typically account for nearly a quarter of sales each month, get most of…
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.
