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Hurricane Maria, the latest in a parade of destructive storms, made landfall Wednesday morning as a strong Category 4 storm in southeastern Puerto Rico.
The total insured and uninsured loss for residential and commercial properties, including damage from flood and wind, from Hurricane Irma is estimated to be as much as $65 billion.
Though consumer prices and producer prices have been running below 2% for the most part, it turns out that the prices of imports and exports were both above 2% in the month of August.
Despite an improved economy, new research shows most workers will not get an improvement in pay. To some extent, the move is a hangover from the Great Recession.
Hurricane Maria is stalking the same Caribbean islands that were ravaged by Irma earlier this month, as the tempest looks to put its stamp on the 2017 hurricane season, among the busiest in recent...
Nearly half of Americans say they are very likely to make a sizable purchase before the end of the year, according to a new .com report, an indication of continued consumer confidence and a...
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that six of 27 national monuments under review by the Trump administration be reduced in size and proposes changes to several others.
While storms may drive a frenzy of buying goods tied to the home, the evidence has been mounting that two major storms are going to hurt GDP and industrial production.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday morning that August retail sales fell 0.2% month over month. Weak motor vehicle sales, which typically account for nearly a quarter of sales each month, get...
North Korea launched a second missile over Japan on Thursday evening, a clearly defiant signal of its intention to ignore the latest round of UN sanctions and continue with its nuclear testing...
Wildfires have burned more than 8 million acres in the American West this summer. Some U.S. legislators are pushing for relaxed rules on logging to reduce fuel for the fires. Will more logging help?
If you want to live in a city with low stress, brush up on your German. Seven of the 10 least stressful cities in the world are places where that is the dominant spoken language.
After a somewhat disappointing reading on wholesale inflation from the Producer Price Index, now there is at least some positive surprise on the Consumer Price Index for August.
New research suggests a potential slowdown in municipal revenue as fiscal growth in American cities contracts for the second straight year.
The U.S. Department of Labor reported on Wednesday that the cost of goods and services measured by the Producer Price Index for final demand in August was up the most since April.