Economy

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — At first glance, this warehouse looks like many: Forklifts unload pallets from the back of dozens of tractor-trailers. Canned soup, soda and cleaning supplies whiz by on conveyer belts. Store-bound merchandise gets sorted by department and store aisle before getting stacked high like an elaborate game of Tetris.The difference? Tasks are powered… […]

Michael Jordan’s 1998 NBA Finals Game 2 Air Jordan 13s from “The Last Dance” season were expected to sell for $2 million to $4 million.Courtesy: Sotheby’sA pair of Michael Jordan’s shoes have become the most valuable sneakers ever to be sold at auction.Sotheby’s says the Nike Air Jordan 13 sneakers sold for a record $2.2… […]

An Android statue is displayed in front of a building on the Google campus on January 31, 2022 in Mountain View, California. Google parent company Alphabet will report fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday after the closing bell.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesGoogle no longer requires people to be vaccinated against Covid in order to enter its… […]

Pills of Misoprostol, used to terminate early pregnancies, are displayed in a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, May 12, 2022.George Frey | ReutersNew York and California are stockpiling massive quantities of an alternative abortion medication in case a federal judge’s order suspending the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the main drug mifepristone goes into effect… […]

Photo taken on March 13, 2023 shows the Colorado River near Hoover Dam on the Arizona-Nevada border, the United States. The Colorado River, the parched lifeline in U.S. southwest, which supplies water to some 40 million people in seven states, got a jolt in the arm from the 2022-23 winter thanks to the snowpack that… […]

09 March 2024, China, Peking: Ni Hong (r.), China’s Minister of Housing and Rural Development, speaks at a press conference. Johannes Neudecker | Picture Alliance | Getty Images China will expand its “whitelist” of real estate projects and speed up bank lending for these unfinished developments to 4 trillion yuan ($561.8 billion) by the end […]

Advocacy group Tax Justice Network has ranked the British Virgin Islands, followed by the Cayman Islands and Bermuda as “most complicit” in helping corporations underpay corporate income tax. Traveler1116 | E+ | Getty Images British overseas territories are the world’s top enablers of corporate tax abuse, according to a ranking by tax advocacy group Tax […]

Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris arrives for a campaign event at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan, October 4, 2024. Geoff Robins | Afp | Getty Images Kamala Harris on Wednesday distanced herself from President Joe Biden and bashed her Republican presidential rival Donald Trump in a heated interview with Fox […]

Brand new Lucid electric cars sit parked in front of a Lucid Studio showroom on May 24, 2024 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Shares of Lucid Group were under pressure Thursday after the electric vehicle maker announced a public offering of nearly 262.5 million shares of its common stock. The late […]

Aire Images | Moment | Getty Images Many Americans face a retirement savings shortfall. However, setting aside more money could get easier for some older workers in 2025. Enacted by Congress in 2022, the Secure Act 2.0 ushered in several retirement system improvementsincluding updates to 401(k) plans, required withdrawals529 college savings plans and more. While […]