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Retail sales climbed to a higher-than-expected 0.7% in March
Apr 15, 2024
Consumers are still spending, but that looks a little different now than it has the past few years.
Your last-minute guide to Tax Day
by
Janet Nguyen
Apr 15, 2024
While today is the deadline to pay taxes, you can still file an extension.
Corporate dealmaking has picked up. That's good news for bankers — and the economy.
by
Justin Ho
Apr 15, 2024
After a couple of years of uncertainty, there's pent-up demand for mergers, stock and bond sales and other complex transactions.
Tesla cuts more than 10% of global workforce as challenges mount
Apr 15, 2024
The electric vehicle maker faces softening demand and intense competition on prices, and earlier price cuts have not sufficiently jolted sales.
While the secondhand market booms, thrifting is coming apart at the seams
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Aleezeh Hasan
Apr 15, 2024
If you've recently dug through the racks of a Goodwill and found a lot of lower-quality fast fashion, you're not alone, says Kelsey Vlamis of Business Insider.
It's getting harder to predict the economy's effect on presidential elections
Apr 15, 2024
It's not the economy, stupid? With political polarization increasingly motivating voters, the economy may not be the predictor it once was.
Why getting workers their schedules in advance is good for business
Apr 15, 2024
Restaurants and other service sector businesses often give workers their schedules with little notice, but that's changing in some places.
For public good, not for profit.
Why doesn't Medicare cover drugs like Ozempic for weight loss?
by
Janet Nguyen
Apr 15, 2024
Old laws and the high cost of these drugs have been obstacles for wider coverage.
How immigrant entrepreneurs help create jobs and boost the economy
by
David Brancaccio
, Chris Farrell
and Alex Schroeder
Apr 15, 2024
Immigrants are much more likely to create a new business, studies show, and the knock-on effect is job creation.
Filing your taxes this year may include more AI
Apr 15, 2024
Tax software companies like Intuit and H&R Block are turning to generative artificial intelligence to give products an edge.