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This year will see the first year that single family home building has decline since 2011, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

Some signs are already flashing red. Job creation and consumer spending, though, are still chugging along.

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“The first digital use of the transistor for consumers was in a calculator,” says Rick Bensene, curator of the Old Calculator Web Museum.

About 20% of young adults with a credit report have debt in collections, report shows. As a group, they may face higher borrowing costs.

Mohamed Atalla of Egypt and Dawon Kahng of Korea are responsible for the technology that helped harness the transistor’s power.

A city council measure would make it free to ride the bus within the capital’s city limits. Proponents say the plan, estimated to cost $42 million annually, would boost ridership and equity.

Silicon Valley exists for a number of reasons. Chief among them might be the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.

The Fed’s balance sheet is one of its devices that’s managed to avoid the spotlight.

H-2Bs, temporary non-agriculture work visas for foreigners without advanced degrees, are used for jobs in landscaping, food processing and hospitality.