Marketplace Stories

Ruth Fowler, a screenwriter, talked about her experience working as an AI trainer when her work in Hollywood couldn’t pay the bills.

KFF estimates a more than 20% decline, driven largely by the expiration of enhanced subsidies that made marketplace insurance affordable for millions.

Fresh data from energy nonprofit PowerLines and Ipsos this week says utilities requested $9.4 billion in rate hikes in the first quarter of 2026.

Business owners are skeptical that tariff uncertainty is over, even as money is deposited into their bank accounts.

As the war continues and inflation rises, the cost of government borrowing is going up too.

“Business schools are desperately looking for alternative revenue streams to finance their marquee MBA programs,” said journalist Robb Mandelbaum, reporting for Bloomberg Businessweek. And one stream they’re turning to— executive education.

Americans still buy a lot of big pick-up trucks. On top of that, the Trump administration ended subsidies for electric vehicles and stopped enforcing fuel efficiency rules.

Rebecca Holopter pops up at markets and events and paints 10-minute watercolor portraits of pets — from dogs and cats to pigeons and cockroaches.

Every dollar invested in trees generates roughly three dollars in benefits.

Energy and transportation are two areas where costs are rising for stores like Home Depot, Walmart, and Target, but raising prices could turn off an increasingly strapped consumer.