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The FTC banned noncompete agreements this week, but state and federal laws can help companies protect their intellectual property.

A conversation with the reporter who broke the story, then found out she was among the drivers impacted.

Eight cargo ships have been stuck in the Port of Baltimore for weeks. Now, several are on their way — and back to business.

IRS rules require beneficiaries to make minimum withdrawals, but the tax agency has been waiving them.

This marks the end of a six-quarter streak of GDP growth of 2% or more. But the downshift might not be cause for worry just yet.

Hospitals still use the tubes for moving medicines and samples. But sales are now higher thanks to cannabis dispensaries.

The LOANS bill would make BioBonds available to researchers ready to move their emerging therapies into clinical trials.

And they can achieve that through better collaboration with companies big and small in their industries.

The move centers around taxes paid by New Jersey residents whose jobs are in New York and had to pay taxes there.

A century ago, U.S manufacturers were run by engineers. Now leadership suites are distant from factory floors, says journalist Jerry Useem.

Free tuition programs in two New England states have brought thousands of new students into community college classrooms. But they're also straining some schools' faculty and financial aid staff.

The Wyoming Food Freedom Act lets producers sell foods without licenses as long as the consumer is informed about the source of the product.

Until now, the only staffing rule for nursing homes has been that they have “sufficient” staff, without specifying what that means.

It's part of an overall mistrust of foreign influence with deep roots in American history.

Amazon Prime, Apple TV+ and Netflix want to expand their live sports offerings. The deal can be worth tens of billions of dollars.

"As officials have looked to put their money towards closing the digital divide, internet providers like AT&T and Verizon have been very aggressive in lobbying back," said The Washington Post's Tony Romm.

The changes aim to bolster pay for providers — many of them low-income immigrants — and require higher minimum staffing levels.

"You sort of have these two parallel internets that are existing in both countries," says WSJ technology reporter Meghan Bobrowsky.

Where's the recession? Changes like the pandemic crash and government funding programs have disrupted the expansion-contraction pattern.

Some companies may want to work with generative artificial intelligence systems that require less processing power and less cost.

The greenback is so strong that Japan and South Korea have complained.

Unemployment jumped from 8.6% to 12.3% among 20-somethings with bachelor's degrees year over year, the BLS reported.

The nutrition program is restrictive by design, but updates to the food package are giving parents and kids more options.

Effa Manley, owner of the Newark Eagles, firmly believed her team’s success was tied to the ongoing struggle for justice in her community.

El Savador's President Nayib Bukele took on gang violence by introducing a state of emergency in 2022. The country is now safer, but its economy is struggling to grow.

We get quarterly results from EV maker Tesla after the close of trading on Tuesday. The company’s been dubbed one of the so-called “Magnificent 7” — a group of tech giants that also includes Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and…

It's just one of the lasting economic legacies of the professional baseball played in the Negro Leagues in the 20th century.

Companies don't have the pricing power they had in the pandemic recovery. Now it's more like the before times.

The justices will debate if enforcing a public camping ban in Grants Pass, Oregon, violated the Eighth Amendment.

Housing shortage-plagued California recently started allowing property owners to split their lots and have developers build new homes there.