New home sales are down, which has builders crying “housing recession,” but prices are way up. What gives? Plus, what it takes to build a semiconductor plant and why Brits are gearing up for an energy bill-paying strike.

A record number of manufacturing jobs are coming back to the U.S., a report says. Supply chain woes are part of the reason. Plus, how shipping issues are affecting a trio of small businesses.

Companies will sometimes repurchase their own shares to try to boost their stock price. But couldn’t that cash go toward other investments? Plus, streaming faces bandwidth challenges and diningware goes edible.

In an effort to retain employees, businesses are trying new strategies to compensate them for the costs of inflation. Plus, how drought could affect energy bills and why there’s no free school lunch (for most students).

Today, we’ll trace the rise and history of store brand products. Plus, a pollution-reducing fix for the paper industry.

A tale of two sales reports. Plus, delivery drivers want heat safety measures, and how pandemic-era transplants changed a small town.

Apartment building hits a high. Plus, people with fixed-income benefits feel inflation’s punch, and colleges try a new admissions strategy.

Though Americans harbor mixed feelings on the economy, consumer sentiment may be rebounding. Plus, inflation knocks a vinyl vendor out of his groove.

More cities and states are making it illegal to sleep outside, and that worries housing advocates. Plus, tribal casinos rebound and wildfire mitigation businesses boom.