Economy

Many parents think kids develop strong social skills from memorizing phrases like “please” and “thank you.” But the real foundation is built much earlier, at home and through everyday interactions. I’ve studied over200 parent-child relationshipsand I’m a mother myself. I’ve found that kids learn to communicate and connect by watching how their parents behave. And […]

If you’re in the market for a premium travel credit card, get ready to pay an even heftier annual fee. On Thursday, American Express rolled out the latest version of its Platinum card, which now comes with a $895 fee, up from $695. Earlier this summer, JPMorgan Chase upped the annual charge for its Sapphire […]

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 19, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters The Trump administration stepped in to stop U.S. Steel from idling operations at its Granite City, Ill., plant, exercising new powers tied to the company’s recent takeover, the Wall Street Journal […]

Louisa Serene Schneider has never been short on business ideas. She once started a yoga-wear company (“long before Lululemon existed,” she says) and at another point tried to launch a language tutoring business. Neither of them stuck, but ideas kept coming. Then, in 2017, Schneider came up with an idea that she felt had momentum. […]

Skin cancer is prevalent in the United Statesand still there are many misconceptions about skin protection — especially when it comes to sunscreen. There are plenty of things people aren’t aware of when it comes to how sun exposure can affect the skin, says Dr. Adam Friedmanprofessor and chair of dermatology at GW School of […]

Torsten Asmus | Istock | Getty Images Longer-term Treasury yields jumped this week, flying in the face of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut, as bond investors didn’t get the assurances they sought. The 10-year Treasury yield jumped as high as 4.145% after briefly falling below 4% this week. The 30-year Treasury yield — closely […]

U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping at the G20 leaders summit in Japan on June 29, 2019. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters BEIJING — China emphasized the need for greater cooperation with the U.S., a day after it became clear President-elect Donald Trump would become the next leader of the White House. “The […]

Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor, during a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president could mark yet another major blow for the struggling German economy. Germany narrowly, and unexpectedly, skirted a technical recession in the third quarter […]

A man holds an American flag depicting president-elect Donald Trump at Parliament Square in London in 2020. Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.K. holds dear to its so-called “special relationship” with the U.S., priding itself on a long history of shared values and cultural, diplomatic, linguistic and commercial ties […]