Marketplace Stories

Spending in many sectors, like furniture and online shopping, was strong. Falling prices also depressed the top line numbers in some categories.

In June, 37.4% of 16- to 19-year-olds were either working or looking for a job, according to the latest jobs report. That’s just shy of a 15-year high of 38% back in March. 

DJ Asha recalls that at the beginning of her career, she lugged vinyl records across London.

Growth is being held back by weak domestic demand and a real estate crisis.

UPS’ Velocity in Louisville, Kentucky, has more robots than workers.

A strong stock market and a vibrant economy that never fell into recession have boosted earnings at financial institutions.

One wild card: back-to-school shopping.

“I used up eight of my nine lives in that job,” said Ray Charlton, who drove paperwork around Los Angeles in the 1980s.

Poles, lines and other infrastructure around the country are aging, and subject to damage from today’s more extreme weather.

The Supreme Court’s decision overturning the Chevron deference is a step towards rolling back the power of the administrative state, the origins of which go back more than a century.