The Marketplace Daily Pulse is up today. The U.S. consumer – that beaten-down, bedraggled, hopeless character – seems to be getting a shot of opt…

Checking the Marketplace's Daily Pulse, our offbeat take on the health of the U.S. economy. There's word today that just over half of working mo…

The Marketplace Daily Pulse is down today on news that times are so tough for some residents in Maine that local hero – novelist Stephen King – …

The Marketplace Daily Pulse is down today on news that the number of metal containers coming off boats has dropped on the biggest shipping route …

The Marketplace Daily Pulse is down today, minus 68 percent, in fact. That's how far wealth has dropped for younger U.S. households in the past …

With the unemployment rate spending another month around 9 percent, we're looking at a number you can count on both hands: 10. That's how many ve…

For the folks on the Eastern seaboard still waiting for utility crews to fix their power lines after the recent freak snow storm — and for each…

In these austere times, when the Pentagon has to deal with new constraints on its budget, there's signs that the private sector is not cutting ba…

A new study out from Yale's Rudd Center shows that children and teens are more exposed to ads for high-calorie soda drinks than ever before. The…

There's a lot of talk about China investing in Europe these day. Now it looks like the road ahead for Swedish car manufacturer Saab might just be…