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A motorist gets help reaching the gasoline pumps at a Costco warehouse May 31 in Aurora, Colo.

New rule: Average gas mileage of 38 mpg by 2031

A motorist gets help reaching the gasoline pumps at a Costco warehouse May 31 in Aurora, Colo.

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

Tempted to try a no-buy year? Here are some tips

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

Amea Wadsworth works on her computer April 19 at her home in San Diego. Wadsworth, who moved back home after graduating college, wanted to use her first full-time job as a chance to save, and a moment to take a hard look at her spending activity.

More people make ‘no-buy year’ pledges

Amea Wadsworth works on her computer April 19 at her home in San Diego. Wadsworth, who moved back home after graduating college, wanted to use her first full-time job as a chance to save, and a moment to take a hard look at her spending activity.

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

Clark County Business Briefing for June 8, 2024

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

The internet&rsquo;s universal price discovery has made business difficult for jewelry traders.

It’s not easy to make a buck in today’s jewelry resale

The internet&rsquo;s universal price discovery has made business difficult for jewelry traders.

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

Tamika Davis, right, poses with three of her children, from left, Shanara, 3, Matthew, 11, and Lionel Jr., 2, at MLK Park in San Antonio, Thursday, May 30, 2024. Davis said friends and family watched her kids for most of her doctor visits during treatment last year for colon cancer. But she couldn&rsquo;t afford additional childcare, and she didn&rsquo;t know where to look for assistance.

Being a patient is getting harder in a strained and complex US health care system

Tamika Davis, right, poses with three of her children, from left, Shanara, 3, Matthew, 11, and Lionel Jr., 2, at MLK Park in San Antonio, Thursday, May 30, 2024. Davis said friends and family watched her kids for most of her doctor visits during treatment last year for colon cancer. But she couldn&rsquo;t afford additional childcare, and she didn&rsquo;t know where to look for assistance.

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

FILE - Trader Michael Milano, center, works with colleagues on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 30, 2024. World stocks are mixed on Friday, June 7, 2024, after a steady day on Wall Street as markets anticipate key U.S. jobs data to be revealed later in the day.

Stock market today: Stocks slip and bond yields jump following a hotter-than-expected jobs report

FILE - Trader Michael Milano, center, works with colleagues on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 30, 2024. World stocks are mixed on Friday, June 7, 2024, after a steady day on Wall Street as markets anticipate key U.S. jobs data to be revealed later in the day.

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Friday, June 7, 2024.

Putin says he sees no threat warranting use of nuclear arms but warns Russia could arm Western foes

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Friday, June 7, 2024.

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