After the government announced that April inflation was in line with experts' predictions, the most recent estimate of Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment 2025 increased to 3.2%, according to new figures released on Wednesday.

May 16, 2024 01:17 PM EDT

According to a recent Gallup poll, even though the majority of Americans have money stashed away in the stock market, they don't think it makes the greatest long-term investment. What then is it?

May 16, 2024 11:01 AM EDT

Tuesday saw a spike in the value of several "meme stocks," or businesses whose valuation is driven more by social media talk than by more conventional economic factors like growth and profitability.

May 15, 2024 11:52 PM EDT

Hong Kong's business ecosystem has caused the EIU to downgrade it to ninth place and the Global Financial Centers Index to rank it fourth.

May 15, 2024 11:32 PM EDT

You could find yourself rushing to lower the thermostat's setting more frequently if scorching temperatures are predicted.

May 15, 2024 02:53 PM EDT

Citing fears about espionage, US President Joe Biden has ordered a Chinese-owned bitcoin miner and its partners to sell land they hold close to a US nuclear missile station.

May 15, 2024 02:40 PM EDT

Due to a budget deficit, Social Security may not be able to provide retired Americans with their full payments in around ten years.

May 15, 2024 02:39 PM EDT

House Speaker Mike Johnson was among a group of close Republican allies of Donald Trump who showed up in the Manhattan criminal courthouse on Tuesday to express support for the former president while his attorneys tried to discredit the key witness in the "hush money" trial.

May 15, 2024 02:01 PM EDT

Have you ever wondered what happens when you return clothing, a coffee machine, or other purchases to online stores like Amazon?

May 14, 2024 05:40 PM EDT

According to a recent report, the retail industry is struggling as it deals with consumers who are tired of paying for inflation and a wave of bankruptcies.

May 14, 2024 05:36 PM EDT

American airlines have filed a lawsuit to prevent the Biden administration from imposing more transparency on the fees that they charge their customers.

May 14, 2024 05:33 PM EDT

AT&T is requesting that California utility regulators reject its request to be relieved of its obligation to offer traditional landline phone service.

May 14, 2024 05:30 PM EDT

Walmart declared on April 30 that its virtual healthcare service would be discontinued, and all 51 Walmart Health facilities in five states would dissolve.

May 13, 2024 02:26 PM EDT

Nearly 90% of respondents to a 2024 Navigator Research survey conducted among voters in 61 competitive congressional districts for the general election said they wanted Congress to enact legislation restricting or outlawing these fees.

May 13, 2024 02:25 PM EDT

Millions of Americans are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain homeowners insurance, especially if they reside in one of the nation's rising numbers of places that are vulnerable to natural catastrophes.

May 13, 2024 01:10 PM EDT