November 15, 2024, 7:58am Business
Americans stepped up their spending at retailers last month in the latest sign that healthy consumer spending is driving the economy’s steady growth. Read story
November 15, 2024, 7:58am Business
Advance Auto Parts is closing more than 500 stores and shedding another 200 independent locations as part of its efforts to revive its struggling business. Read story
November 14, 2024, 1:29pm Business
U.S. stocks are falling Friday toward their worst loss since Election Day as the big bump Wall Street got from last week's victory for Donald Trump and cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve keeps fading. Read story
November 14, 2024, 10:30am Business
Wholesale prices in the United States rose last month, remaining low but suggesting that the American economy has yet to completely vanquish inflationary pressure. Read story
November 14, 2024, 10:30am Business
Mandatory “captive audience” meetings in which companies argue against unionization are illegal, the National Labor Relations Board ruled in a case involving Amazon.com Inc., prohibiting one of employers’ most potent weapons against labor organizing campaigns. Read story
November 14, 2024, 9:56am Business
Americans are fed up with the price of food, and many are looking to President-elect Donald Trump to lower their grocery bills. Read story
November 14, 2024, 9:33am Business
A Federal Reserve official gave a lengthy defense of the central bank’s political independence Thursday, just days after former President Donald Trump, an outspoken Fed critic, won re-election. Read story
November 14, 2024, 9:32am Business
The flurry of contract agreements announced early this fall — including two more Wednesday — offer evidence that major railroads and their unions are working to avoid the standoffs that led them to a brink of a national strike two years ago. Read story
