Marketplace Morning Report Stories

Automation and a focus on quality (not cost) could be the secret sauce for domestic garment makers.

A lack of predictability and stability is putting the dollar’s “exorbitant privilege” at risk.

A new report by MIT found that businesses are mostly not replacing humans with AI, although they are using AI to reduce outsourcing. 

That may be in part because wealthy consumers especially have tried to get ahead of tariffs by purchasing costlier items now.

Fewer government grants and contracts, as well as tariffs, are at the top of the list.

Import costs have surged in the country, sending inflation soaring to around 15% — that means shrinking international dollar reserves and a growing parallel black market for U.S. dollars.

Target is struggling with declining sales, and the beauty brand has its own specialized outlets.

A new investigation finds that abuse rates are higher at nursing homes with more mental illness. There’s a financial reason behind why folks end up at nursing homes instead of other institutions in the first place.

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, the number of ARM applications jumped 25% last week, to their highest level in three years.

Cross-laminated timber, or CLT, is composed of layers of wood glued together at 90º angles and is more fire-resistant than traditional timber.