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Last year, the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law as the Biden Administration's signature a
The average mortgage rate in the U.S. just hit 7.09%—its highest level in more than two decades. And
Yellow stunned the trucking industry when it filed for bankruptcy this month. The nearly hundred-yea
We are often taught to think of math as a rigid set of rules, never to be questioned. But that is ex
The Federal Trade Commission is the sheriff for big businesses. One of its main functions is to stop
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You've heard of The Price Is Right, but what about Is This A Bank? It's a game show where contestant
Dinosaur museums have dinosaurs. Space museums have spacecraft. But what would a dedicated museum of
RaeShawn and LaShone Middleton are twin sisters and business owners based in Columbia, Maryland. We
Even if there isn't a recession right now, there are still vulnerable spots in the economy that coul
Farm employment numbers are historically very hard to track. Partly because they fluctuate a lot fro
Meta's new social media platform, Threads, had a rocket-like start when it launched a month ago as a
The credit rating agency, Fitch, caused a stir yesterday when it downgraded the United States' credi
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It's been a summer of record breaking heat. And for both outdoor and indoor workers, that heat poses
In this edition of Indicators of the Week, we talk about the end of surprise IRS visits, new researc
Hollywood has been on strike for weeks with writers and actors hitting picket lines from California
The Federal Reserve finds itself in a tricky spot with inflation just a notch above its target of 2%
Lots of women left the workforce early in the pandemic. At the time, there were fears these women wo
