Marketplace Stories

Tourism boards and travel companies like Qatar Airways are creating AI influencers to promote their businesses.

By this time next year, more states will have a minimum wage of at least $15 an hour than those where workers receive the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.

Trend lines indicate both are headed downard.

Home-price inflation is moderating, and mortgage rates are likely to fall farther.

“I think the anime business is absolutely on a roll right now,” said Doug Montgomery, CEO of Global Connects Media. “Nothing's gonna stop it in the near future.”

Tim Walsh, toy designer with The Playmakers and author of “Timeless Toys,” talks about the origins of Play-Doh.

In 2021, about 44% of workers received a holiday or annual bonus, according to payroll processor ADP. Since then, that number has been falling as bonuses become less common.

“What walks down stairs alone or in pairs and makes a slinkety sound? Everyone knows it’s Slinky!”

Now that many AI algorithms have mastered simple tasks, companies are looking to train their models on data directly from engineers, lawyers, scientists, and more.

Widgets are a general stand-in for any produced good. But how do we think about widgets when goods are only a fraction of what we produce?