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Pottery Barn is one of many retailers focusing more on business outside the U.S. And it seems to be a strategy to offset the cost of tariffs, and the potential downshift in spending from American consumers.

“It really is this full circular, integrated supply chain that we've created,” said Sip & Sonder co-owner Amanda-Jane Thomas.

Electricity demand is surging in the U.S., but there’s years-long wait on the turbines that are a critical component of natural gas power plants.

The home improvement retailer is in a better position than some to hold the line.

Stocking up can help save money, but experts warn against buying too much.

“Stablecoins” are supposed to be worth exactly $1, now and forever. But critics worry that they could cause problem in the non-crypto economy.

Nina Eichacker, an economics professor at the University of Rhode Island, says the downgrade speaks to a “growing disparity between an administration that talks about wanting to reduce the debt and then pursues policies that do anything but.”

Microsoft recently laid off about 3% of its workforce — some 6,000 people. A big chunk of those were reportedly software engineers, aka coders.

Black-owned banks received a wave of investment after George Floyd’s murder. That investment helped those lenders make more loans than they could have otherwise.

According to a new study from Redfin, buyers’ agents are still making about the same amount on commissions now as they were before the new rules went into effect — and sellers are mostly still paying them.