Economy

Workers picket in front of an Amazon Logistic Station on December 19, 2024 in Skokie Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Italo Medelius-Marsano was a law student at North Carolina Central University in 2022, when he took a job at an Amazon warehouse near the city of Raleigh to earn some extra cash. The past […]

If Europe is left out of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, a deal wouldn’t work, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told CNBC at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. “For anything to work it has to have Ukrainians and Europeans as a part of it, because Ukrainians and Europeans are the ones who […]

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday called for the creation of a European army to boost the continent’s defenses as he warned that Russia was “not preparing for dialogue” to advance possible […]

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks as she announces an immigration enforcement action during her first press conference at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 12, 2025. Craig Hudson | Reuters The Department of Justice on Friday filed a motion to dismiss the criminal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adamsafter […]

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order establishing the Energy Dominance Council led by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum in the Oval Office at the White House on February 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed a second executive order withholding federal funding from schools and universities that impose a COVID-19 vaccine […]

The semiconductor industry is recruiting workers in a tight labor market as the competition for talent ramps up and funding from the CHIPS and Science Act designed to spur domestic production continues to be dispersed. It is also staring down a projected shortfall of as much as one million workers in the broader U.S. economy […]

US President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 5, 2024. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden insisted Friday that his damaging debate performance against former President Donald Trump was just a “bad night,” and not an indication of a more serious health condition. “I was […]

Cryptocurrencies plunged Friday as investors focused on the payout of nearly $9 billion to users of collapsed bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. Bitcoin’s price was last lower by nearly 3% to $56,571.00, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier in the day, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency had slumped as low as $53,513.55, marking its first time trading below […]

U.S. crude oil fell on Friday, but still booked a fourth straight weekly gain as falling inventories show an uptick in demand. West Texas Intermediate hit a session high of $84.52 per barrel, the highest level since late April, before pulling back. The U.S. benchmark gained about 2% this week, while global benchmark Brent was […]

U.S. President Joe Biden walks to deliver remarks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s bid for immunity from federal prosecution for 2020 election subversion, at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 1, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters President Joe Biden is facing an uprising […]