Economy

Fresh on the heels of National French Fry Day, Americans will soon be able to chase their free fries with some frosty dessert. National Ice Cream Day is Sunday, July 16, and retailers across the country are joining in on the holiday to share their sweet treats with consumers.Offers range from free scoops to buy-one-get-one… […]

Traffic warden Rai Rogers mans his street corner during an 8-hour shift under the hot sun in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 12, 2023, where temperatures reached 106 degrees amid an ongoing heatwave. More than 50 million Americans are set to bake under dangerously high temperatures this week, from California to Texas to Florida, as… […]

Sean Audet stumbled into photography as a career by accident, and nearly for free.It was 2016, and the trained fine-dining chef was running a pop-up restaurant two nights per week and working in culinary research at Red River College in Winnipeg, Canada. While developing new recipes for the college’s clients, small- and medium-sized restaurants, he… […]

A package of the daily contraceptive Opill is seen in an undated illustration.Perrigo | via ReutersThe first birth control pill sold without a prescription in the U.S. could remain out of reach for some women and girls because health insurance plans are not required to cover the medication in its over-the-counter form.The U.S. Food and… […]

You don’t need a quiet, harmonious household to raise the next Steve Jobs or Frida Kahlo. Kids who grow up with parents who regularly disagree — in a constructive fashion — can become more creative adults, Adam Grantan organizational psychologist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania recently told the “What Now? with […]

Margaret Nyamumbo didn’t have her first cup of coffee until she left for college. On the coffee farm she grew up on in Kenya, she says, the traditional morning drink is chai. The reasons are both cultural and economic. Kenya’s tea culture has its roots in colonization, with the British bringing leaves to the country […]

Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 4, 2024. CNBC (This article is from the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter. Sign up here .) Warren Buffett has added around $6 billion to Berkshire Hathaway’s sizable cash pile this summer with a string of Bank of America stock sales […]

As Americans make more moneyit appears they’re more likely to stay put. Households from the top 20% of earners — those earning $150,000 or more a year — are the least likely income group to have moved in 2023, according to a HireAHelper.com analysis of Census Bureau data. Just 6.5% of these households relocated. That’s […]

In 2021, I was 36 years old, and I had a big year. Thanks to the income streams that grew from my blog and podcast, I started making enough passive income to quit my 9-to-5. This financial freedom made me start to think about what other goals I wanted to achieve, starting with what I […]

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday blocked steep reciprocal tariffs unilaterally imposed by President Donald Trump on scores of […]