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Small business owners' optimism flagged in November, dropping nearly three points on the National Federation of Independent Business optimism index. Expectations for improvement in the U.S. economy...
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The traffic light turns 150 years old today. They are so commonplace around the world that drivers and pedestrians barely give them a thought.
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The preliminary consumer sentiment index for December came in unchanged from the final November reading and nearly 2% higher than December 2017. But there's some wariness among consumers about future...
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With the markets back in correction territory, it makes sense that business executives’ outlook on the U.S. economy fell sharply as well. However, they continue to hold strongly positive views of...
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ADP reported that private sector payrolls increased by less than expected in November from the prior month.
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Average temperatures decreased and average rainfall increased in parts of the Midwest over the course of the 20th century. Does that mean global warming is a hoax? Not at all.
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Manufacturing saw its activity accelerate in the United States in the month of November, according to the latest report from the Institute for Supply Management.
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It seems the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is finally blinking in his communications to the public regarding the pace and determination of future rate hikes.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued its first revision to third-quarter gross domestic product on Wednesday morning — with no real revision. The preliminary gain for GDP was maintained flat...
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History's most destructive and deadliest of California wildfires, the Camp Fire, was fully contained on Monday. Property losses from the fire and the Woolsey fire in southern California could reach...
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The Conference Board's consumer confidence index dipped in November from an 18-year high posted in October. Consumers expect the U.S. economy to slow down in the coming months.
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The recent plunge in oil prices already appears to be taking a bite out of the Texas economic regional output.
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In the two years between 2016 and 2018, more millennials are moving out of their parents' homes, buying their own homes and getting married and starting families.
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The final University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for November fell month over month from an October reading of 98.6 to 97.5. The consensus estimate from Bloomberg was calling for the final...
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With Thanksgiving holiday travel officially beginning Friday, here are some tips on what food items travelers can carry on and what must be in checked baggage. And, yes, turkeys can fly.
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