Marketplace Stories

Saudi Aramco's sponsorship isn't about selling more crude oil. Experts say it's about building influence, burnishing the company's reputation and supporting Saudi Arabia's broader ambitions on the world stage.

With people moving farther from city centers and commuting at more irregular hours, peak traffic times have shifted and stretched.

Single-family home construction spending is down 4% from last May, according to new Census Bureau data, as elevated mortgage rates and affordability pressures drag down demand.

Critics have called it unethical and pointed out that people might start fires to collect on bets. On the other hand, prediction markets can highlight risk and change behaviors in the real world.

In the 1980s, about two in every three U.S. teenagers had paying jobs. Now, it's about one in three.

The global western boot market has topped $1 billion and is growing, fueled by what industry observers call the “‘Yellowstone’ effect.”

The rise of remote work has opened up a wider conversation about flexibility and care work.

The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index for June paints a pretty complex pictiure.

Up against inflation, tariffs, and a big box store moving in, Nicole Panettieri had to close her two shops in Queens, New York.

Natural gas is in high demand. The U.S. is boosting exports abroad, while data center growth is driving the need for natural-gas-powered electricity domestically, as well.