Brazilian President Michel Temer has denied a local media report that he had requested payments to silence a politician responsible for impeaching the former president. The news has been devastating to Brazil's financial markets.
At what age should people be living on their own, making their own rent payments, car payments, and cell phone payments? The generational responses to a recent survey may surprise you.
While the economy has been recovering and while things feel better on the business front, there are some very troubling internal metrics when it comes to debt levels and delinquency rates.
Between 30% and 40% of all U.S. food is not eaten and instead is thrown out. The estimated cost of this wasted food amounts to more than 1% of U.S. GDP. Several states and…
Travel during the Memorial Day weekend will be the highest since before the Great Recession. More than 39 million Americans are expected to travel more than 50 miles from home.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has released its Empire Manufacturing Survey for the month of May, and it is a wonder that the news did not weigh more on the markets.
Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater, the world's largest hedge fund, says the economy has gotten as good as it can get. That makes future improvement unlikely.
Summer 2017 weather promises to be wetter and cooler in some parts of the Lower 48 states, dry and hot in others, with a threat of rampant wildfires in California.
Thursday's announcement of a trade agreement between the U.S. and China includes, among other things, more exports of U.S. beef and liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The number of drivers hitting the road this year is well into the tens of millions. Many of them will spend time waiting by the side of the road instead of relaxing at their…
U.S. student loan debt could add stress to the recovering economy as more money is redirected to paying back the $1.4 trillion debt. In some U.S. cities, earnings may not leave enough to purchase…
U.S. student loan debt topped $1.4 trillion at the end of the first quarter. A recent survey by LendEDU looks at the effects of that debt on students after they graduate.
JPMorgan says it will increase its investment meant to aid a turnaround of the troubled city of Detroit to $150 million. But is it enough?
The latest wave of the University of Michigan's Panel Study of Income Dynamics shows that both household income and wealth improved between 2012 and 2015. The improvement was greatest among the already wealthy.
Mother's Day is right around the corner and Americans plan to spend more this year than last on gifts for moms and wives. But the gifts moms want most may not be all that…
