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Jerome Powell, the chair of the US Federal Reserve, delivered some straight talk to the American people on last night’s episode of “60…

For more than four years, Saiful Islam sent about half of the money he made as a construction worker in Bahrain back to his aging parents in…

The US economy is going through an unprecedented recession and a recovery will take time. Even so, you don’t want to bet against…

President Donald Trump is expected to travel to Michigan to visit a Ford manufacturing plant, a White House spokesman and Ford both confirmed to CNN.…

Ford announced on Saturday it will provide Covid-19 testing in four metro areas for hourly and salaried employees who are experiencing coronavirus…

United Launch Alliance on Sunday successfully launched its Atlas V rocket carrying the secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, one day after bad…

This is no time to be a country that relies heavily on tourism to keep its economy going. Combine that with a huge debt load and weak fiscal…

The US state of Georgia allowed restaurants to reopen on April 27. The three owned by Ryan Pernice are still shuttered. The entrepreneur hasn’t…

With Memorial Day and the unofficial start of summer approaching, Americans flocked to the beaches on Saturday and appeared to heed social-distance…

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sold off 84% of its stake in Goldman Sachs during the first quarter, according to a regulatory filing. The…

Gatherings of large groups that have been brought to a halt by the novel coronavirus are starting to make their way back into life in the United…

Rachel Friend started 2020 very optimistic about the future. She and her partner, Adam Tuthill, welcomed their second baby in late January. They were…

With theaters closed because of coronavirus, studios are shifting all types of films to digital platforms. Yet one genre is largely missing from…

Mary-Kate Olsen has filed for divorce from her husband of almost five years, Olivier Sarkozy. But a spokesperson for the New York court system tells…

Mass unemployment. Mounting bankruptcies. And fears of negative interest rates. It’s a nightmarish time for America’s banks. The mood is…

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The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the retail industry, with April sales plunging 16% and big names like Neiman Marcus and J.Crew filing for…

The Federal Reserve Bank on Thursday reported just how unequally the coronavirus-induced economic downturn is hitting Americans. On one hand,…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted on May 1 that he thought Tesla’s stock price was ‘too high.” Shares were trading at about $760 at the…

America’s retail sales collapsed at a historic rate last month, underscoring just how badly retailers are struggling during the coronavirus…