Marketplace Morning Report Stories

Across universities and research centers, experts are studying how nuclear weapons, engineered pathogens, and artificial intelligence could reshape humanity’s future.

The rate of people either working or looking for work in the U.S. ticked down to 62%.

Diesel fuel powers trucks and trains, and a whole lot of the things we buy move by one if not both.

Over the last five years, millions of people moved to Sun Belt states, chasing jobs and affordability. Now, southern cities are seeing a flurry of supermarket construction.

Health care accounted for 121% of job growth over the past 12 months, as other sectors were net job losers.

The proposed rule also puts more weight on how much control workers have and whether they face a profit or a loss — a standard that tends to favor employers.

Parts of the Great Lakes region have seen their coldest winter in more than a decade, and maple syrup farmers are rejoicing.

In an uncertain economy, equipment purchases can be less risky than new hires. Capital expenditures can also help companies deal with a tightening labor supply.

The tax and spending law, passed last summer, expands on President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, making it easier for big corporations to pay less in federal income taxes.

Uncertainty and sudden conflict almost always make mortgage rates more volatile.