Marketplace Stories

The so-called “front page of the Internet” started with a $100,000 investment two decades ago, and is now worth more than $30 billion.

A glut of polyethylene had squeezed U.S. producers for years. But the war in the Middle East disrupted the global plastics market, sending prices higher and improving margins for producers along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Ej Dickson, senior culture writer at Wired, gives us a look into why sellers are leaving Etsy, which has been inundated with mass-produced and AI-generated products.

A look at new inflation data, a narrowing K-shaped economy, and the rest of the week’s economic news.

Border businesses in Minnesota and North Dakota say fewer Canadian visitors are cutting into sales, forcing some to reduce hours, staff and spending.

Retail sales fell 0.6% in July, a bigger drop than expected and a sharp reversal from June's modest uptick.

Alanna Okun, a writer and game designer, said the game has become a stand-in for a “thing people do when they are messing around on their phones.”

Amid severe drought and water rationing, a restaurant tries to make do.

Energy prices remain elevated, which affects costs of transportation, materials, and power.

Electricity is getting more expensive and less reliable. Local power, like solar panels and batteries, helps solve those problems, but they’re expensive. That’s why Ann Arbor, Michigan, is installing them on homes for free.