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Millions of people will watch the March Madness games, most of which are played during the workday. On some days the games start at noon.
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The midsection of the United States is in the midst of a "bomb cyclone." This week is also the 26th anniversary of another blizzard often called the worst ever.
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Sand is not generally on the list of a country's most essential imports. However, one nation has become the world's largest sand importer by far.
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Based on historical data and current projections, by 2050 winter as Australians currently know it will cease to exist. A new visualization tool shows exactly what that means. Other researchers...
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Small business optimism rose less than economists expected in February following a big tumble in January primarily due to the partial government shutdown that had begun in late December.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has released its consumer price index (CPI) as being up 0.2% on the headline CPI reading and up just 0.1% excluding food and energy reading. Dow Jones was calling for a...
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A new report from Pew Research shows that the number of unauthorized immigrants residing in major U.S. metro areas dropped significantly between 2007 and 2016.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce reported that total retail sales posted a seasonally adjusted gain of 0.2%, but that was better than expected.
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It seems improbable that any large city in the world could go bankrupt. According to experts, it could occur in one of the world's largest cities, as it nearly there did in 1975.
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China's trade data came out today. It showed exports fell sharply in February, a stunning drop took economists by surprise.
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The European Central Bank has announced that its interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain...
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It seems hard to imagine much good news coming out of Greece concerning its economy. After all, it has what feels like a decade-long negative track record.
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The U.S.-China trade war is costing Americans about $1.4 billion a month in real income due to higher prices for goods that have been almost completely passed through by manufacturers and importers...
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The number of fraud reports reported to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission rose by 37% year over year in 2018. Imposter scams and identity theft were primary drivers of the increase.
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