June 8, 2024, 6:03am Business
New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average about 38 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2031 in real-world driving, up from about 29 mpg this year, under new federal rules unveiled Friday by the Biden administration. Read story
June 8, 2024, 6:00am Business
The rules of a no-buy challenge are self-imposed and simple: Make a list of the non-essential items you won’t spend money on for a set period of time and stick to it. Easier said than done. Read story
June 8, 2024, 6:00am Business
A 35-year-old Brooklyn resident gave up buying new clothes. A 22-year old in San Diego swore off retail therapy at Target. A 26-year old in England banned carbonated drinks from her shopping list. Read story
June 8, 2024, 5:58am Business
Wineries in Southwest Washington were among the winners at the 2024 Seattle Wine Awards, the state’s largest contest for professional wineries: Read story
June 8, 2024, 5:55am Business
Digital commerce has been rough on the jewelry-resale business, including the little stores across Center City Philadelphia, where prices used to vary with the hopes of customers trying to raise cash by unloading small treasures and the street smarts of veteran buyers who knew what they could sell to melt… Read story
June 8, 2024, 5:48am Business
Tamika Davis couldn’t nap on her couch during cancer treatment. She kept worrying one of her toddlers would wander over and pull out the needle delivering chemotherapy. Read story
June 7, 2024, 3:00pm Business
Stocks slipped and Treasury yields rose sharply Friday after the government released a jobs report whose headline numbers came in hotter than expected. Read story
June 7, 2024, 11:36am Business
President Vladimir Putin said Friday that he sees no current threat to Russia’s sovereignty that would warrant the use of nuclear weapons but again warned that Moscow could send arms to countries or groups to strike Western targets. Read story