Consumers started 2025 feeling optimistic, but have ended on a low note.

Kansas City expects 650,000 fans to attend World Cup games next June and July. Many of them will seek short-term rentals, which could temporarily affect the region’s housing market.

Andrew Prokop, senior politics correspondent at Vox, argues that policy makers have been relying less on economists for the last decade.

Oracle and other firms are taking out loans to build data centers that they will rent to AI companies. Investors are starting to wonder if that bet will pay off.

The data were collected in late November, during peak Black Friday discount season.

Proving that alternative uses for coal are viable is no small feat, but perhaps the trickier task is shifting coal’s negative reputation.

Experts predict a gradually improving market, with some big caveats.

Bob Blake, owner of Solar Bear and tribal citizen of Red Lake Nation, said many solar projects are now “on pause.”

Companies backed by private equity have bought up the software used by most fire departments, causing sharp price increases.

Skilled trades are typically seen as professions that won’t be permeated by AI. But that’s starting to change.