Marketplace Stories

Last week, the Department of Energy said scientists had ignited a fusion reaction that created more energy than was needed to sustain it. 

Analysts say the SPR is increasingly being used not just to cushion against oil price shocks, but to support prices.

Here’s a look at why American companies are making more money, and how they’re spending it.

The free market is pretty simple: There’s supply, there’s demand, they meet somewhere in the middle. If there’s a need, there’s a product. But sometimes, that system breaks down, as it has in the market for antibiotics.

The modern roundabout was created in 1960s Britain. But since the ’90s, the small Indianapolis suburb of Carmel, Indiana has slowly become the roundabout capital of the United States.

Employers that offer retirement plans would also be able to offer a separate emergency savings plan.

Those looking to buy have spent much of 2022 adjusting and readjusting to higher mortgage rates.

Ford needed a sewer line to build its $5.6 billion plant in Tennessee. But neighboring communities now have to build their own wastewater system to accommodate new residents who come for the new plant jobs.

Despite global and domestic inflation, Japan’s central bank held interest rates near zero. But it’s just hinted that this policy will change.

It’s often hard for community colleges to recruit instructors because of competition from other job opportunities that pay more.