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Certain federal loan holders must consolidate by April 30 to qualify through Income-Driven Repayment and Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

Consumer sentiment reports reflect a universal truth: Lower income households feel the punch of inflation worse than wealthy households. But affordable housing — and lack thereof — is one issue that brings Americans together, across the…

From the BBC World Service: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday — we’ll get into what they spoke about. Plus, Chinese tech company ByteDance says it has no intention of selling TikTok to…

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

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.

The U.S. economy grew by just 1.6% last quarter — falling very short of expectations. At the same time, inflation was up, according to the latest PCE. What’s the Federal Reserve’s next move? Plus, small businesses could see big…

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

New emissions standards for fossil fuel power plants would require them to eliminate 90% of the carbon dioxide they emit, or close. But the Supreme Court could strike down the regulations before they go into effect. Plus, New Jersey…

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.

Call it a manufacturing resurrection: Orders for durable goods — big-ticket items from washing machines to airplanes — rose 2.6% in March. It’s a sign that manufacturing is coming back online and the economy is getting get back to where…

"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.

The Joe Biden administration has announced a pair of new measures to strengthen worker protections. It’s widening eligibility for overtime, bringing in millions of more employees, and is looking to largely ban on noncompete agreements,…

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

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.

EV maker Tesla will release quarterly results after markets close on Tuesday, but the company has been struggling so far this year. Beset by stiff global competition, Tesla has been cutting prices and laying off workers. We’ll set the…

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…

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments today on whether the National Labor Relations Board has to meet a higher burden of proof when intervening on behalf of workers trying to unionize. Starbucks is challenging some of the…

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

Last year, the Department of Energy proposed using amorphous steel. But some electricity providers, power companies and steel plants objected.

The funds will help 900,000 low-income and disadvantaged households benefit from solar energy, including by cutting their electric bills.

Higher interest rates and insurance costs make building low-income and supportive housing more costly — especially in California, home to 28% of the U.S. homeless population.

Netflix will stop disclosing subscriber numbers next year. Companies revising what measures they use to indicate performance is nothing new.

Among the stuff that people keep spending on despite higher prices are consumer packaged goods. Shampoos and laundry detergents, diapers and razors, and so on.

While sizable gains in the value of stocks and real estate has likely boosted spending, it's done less to improve sentiment.