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The high school class of 2017 left as much as $2.3 billion in federal grant money for college on the table, according to a new analysis by NerdWallet.
More than 37,000 people were killed on U.S. streets and highways last year. More than 10,000 of those were killed in crashes involving a drunk driver.
As Tropical Storm Nate moves ashore on the Gulf Coast, possibly as a hurricane, tens of thousands of homes are at risk for severe damage.
Governor Jerry Brown Thursday signed legislation to make California a “sanctuary’’ state, inviting possible retaliation from the White House.
In such a broad area, some businesses, residences and infrastructure are bound to be ravaged. The new storm will add to the huge costs of the current hurricane season.
Friday's key employment report from the U.S. Department of Labor will be closely watched. Unfortunately, there is a serious chance that the report may be very distorted and hard to predict.
Among the conclusions of a new study is that many people think robots will make it more difficult to find jobs. Is legislation the only way to protect jobs threatened by technology?
Las Vegas, on Sunday the scene of one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history, is one of the last metropolitan areas in the country to fully recover from the Great Recession.
New public and private construction rose month over month and year over year in August.
Two reports are signaling that the U.S. manufacturing economy looked stronger in September, the month that much of Texas came back on line after initial recovery from Hurricane Harvey.
Though authorities are not calling the horrific massacre in Las Vegas a terrorist attack, the atrocity might have a negative impact on a city built on gambling and entertainment.
Since so much of China's manufactured goods are exported, a strong PMI reading likely signals demand for China's goods is robust in larger countries.
There’s good news for entrepreneurs in the developed and developing world. New data show that the number of businesses being created is rising in most of the 14-member countries of the Organization...
Capgemini's World Wealth Report 2017 shows that high net worth individuals in 71 countries did better in 2016.
Wealth increased for families in all race and ethnicity groups between 2013 and 2016, according to newly released data from the Federal Reserve.