US home sales rebound slightly in February U.S. home sales picked up slightly in February but remain sluggish due to tight inventories, affordability problems and nasty winter weather. More
Dollar rises above 100 yen for 1st time in 4 years The dollar has risen above 100 yen for the first time in more than four years as currency traders persist in selling the Japanese currency in reaction to Tokyo's aggressive credit-easing moves. More
Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
Retailers report modest gains for April Americans spent briskly during the early spring months in the latest sign that they’re encouraged by the economic recovery. Falling gas prices, a rallying stock market and gains in the job market all fueled Americans’ shopping habits even as cold weather tempered their desire to buy spring fashions. More
US home building is surging, but job growth isn't The resurgent U.S. housing market has sent builders calling again for Richard Vap, who owns a drywall installation company. Vap would love to help - if he could hire enough qualified people. "There is a shortage of manpower," says Vap, owner of South Valley Drywall in Littleton, Colo. More
The Smart Money: Smart Smoke/CO Detection on the Rise Residential integrators are well positioned to take advantage of a slow and steady adoption rate of these key smart home life safety devices ... 04/17/2024 - 3:18 am | View Link
Growing Deficit And The Future Of U.S. Fiscal Policy Tax Analysts' chief economist Martin Sullivan discusses the Congressional Budget Office’s latest economic forecast, new insights on the effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and what all this means ... 04/16/2024 - 9:35 am | View Link
Federal Reserve slashing rates ahead of Election Day would likely just superficially boost US wallets: experts The Federal Reserve slashing interest rates this year, which it's anticipated to do, would provide voters temporary financial relief with long-term negative effects, economist says. 04/8/2024 - 9:01 pm | View Link
Tatiana Bailey: Yes, inflation is still with us The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, also known as the PCE deflator and the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, was recently released and it reinforces the February headlin ... 04/6/2024 - 7:00 pm | View Link
Americans Are Spending a Third of Their Income on Bills. Which Cost the Most? That’s more than a third of the median household incomes, and up 19% since ... then year-over-year price increases wouldn’t be as problematic. However, the Census estimates that the median U.S. 04/4/2024 - 9:29 am | View Link
A new report from venture firm SignalFire offers clues about where workers are flocking to as they relocate from Silicon Valley.
Hundreds of thousands of tech workers have been culled from payrolls over the past year or so, but several areas around the country remain hubs for tech workers. That includes such cities as Austin, Seattle, and New York City, according to a new report from venture firm SignalFire.
Many Swifties refused to listen to leaked tracks circulating on social media. Meanwhile, Spotify says the album has already hit a big milestone.
The Tortured Poets Department saw a big membership boost Wednesday night as the much-anticipated new album by Taylor Swift allegedly leaked online. While Swift and her label have not commented on whether the files were legitimate, clips of that audio that were posted to X (formerly Twitter) have been taken down due to copyright violations.
The new bill, which would give ByteDance a year to sell the short-video app, won the support of U. S. Senate Commerce Committee chair Maria Cantwell.
An effort to force TikTok‘s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the social media app or face a ban in the U. S. was gaining steam in Congress on Thursday, with the House of Representatives setting a vote for Saturday and a key Senate Democrat voicing support for the move.
According to a report from Expedia, interest in trips to France is surging around the Summer Olympics—and Yvelines tops the list.
Whether you’re hoping to explore ancient cities or lounge on the beach, summertime travel is about to be top-of-mind for just about everyone. And if you haven’t heard of Yvelines, it’s about to be on your radar.
The EV maker saw its shares flirt with 52-week lows on Thursday as its troubles continued to mount.
In an email obtained by CNBC Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk informed staffers that the severance packages sent to some of the 14,000 workers laid off this week were “incorrectly low.”
In a recent report, we found that generative AI has important shortcomings regarding freedom of expression and access to information.
Google recently made headlines globally because its chatbot Gemini generated images of people of color instead of white people in historical settings that featured white people. Adobe Firefly’s image creation tool saw similar issues.