Skip Franklin retired in 2013, at age 37. “My primary identity at this point is church and friends and family,” he said. “Well, I should say church and volunteer work. I don't feel adrift without a job.”
While homebuilding has slowed down in regions that saw a post-pandemic boom, like the South and West, housing construction in the Northeast is continuing at a steadier pace.
Today, we'll break down fresh inflation data, rising bond yields, global interest rates, energy price fluctuations, and more of this week's market news.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration raised its Brent crude forecast to average around $90 a barrel for the second half of the year, about 5% higher than its last estimate.
The majority of leafy greens consumed in Canada come from abroad. Haven Greens, a domestic producer, has seen rapid growth since the trade war with the U.S. started.
Reduced production and high prices are likely to continue into next year. Plus: AI drugmakers, solar panel manufacturing, home renovation, and tariff refunds.
Heather Bickford, chief operating officer at Death By Audio, says she’s still waiting on nearly $100,000 in refunds. Still though, she’s staying positive about business.
Trucking costs are rising even faster than the price of diesel fuel because of the Trump administration’s crackdown on drivers with limited English proficiency.
A $2.5 billion factory in Georgia now produces solar panels from raw wafer to finished product, a milestone for U.S. manufacturing in an industry China has dominated for over a decade.
A new Ipsos/Reuters poll finds three in four voters say their cost of living is heading in the wrong direction. Nearly half of registered voters call it their top issue, regardless of party.
Germany imposed border checks at all land crossings in 2024 to curb undocumented immigration that were supposed to be temporary. Those checks have been extended through next spring.
“I thought, ‘Oh, the down payment and closing costs and those kinds of things are going to be the most expensive part of buying a house, and it ain't,” says Ashley Ayala.
The least affordable metro areas in the country for working families with kids are Los Angeles and New York City, where the median cost of childcare plus the notoriously high cost of housing devour 95% or more of the median income.
The tech giant is being made to require age verification updates across its products, which Will Creeley, legal director at The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, says will put an end to constitutionally-protected anonymous online speech.
Deana Burke, co-founder of the media company Boy’s Club, created a fake natural deodorant to see if agentic AI might recommend it to potential customers. It did.
We trace the historic trade relationship between the U.S. and Canada. Plus: Indie bookstores, community organizing, fake deodorant, and small business sentiment.
U.S.-Canada trade disputes go back to the 1870s National Policy tariffs and the McKinley Tariff of 1890, but one historian said this current moment is genuinely unprecedented.
Since Monterey Park in California became the first city in the U.S. to ban data centers, activists across the country have sought them out for advice on pushing back against data centers in their cities.
The National Federation of Independent Business’ latest survey finds small business owners uncertain about broader economic conditions, but optimistic about their own firms.
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