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The Labor Department is scheduled to release its jobs report for October on Friday, which will be the last major economic data release ahead of Election Day and the Federal Reserve’s…
A massive lithium find in California’s Salton Sea region could help boost domestic supplies of the mineral, which plays a critical role in production of electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The Salton…
Companies in the private sector added 233,000 jobs in October, payroll processing firm ADP said on Wednesday. The figure is well above economists’ estimates of 114,000 jobs and is the…
The U.S. economy grew slightly slower than expected in the third quarter amid easing inflation and strong consumer spending. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released its advance estimate…
Dynarex Corporation has expanded the recall of baby powder “because they have the potential to be contaminated with asbestos,” a notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) states. …
The number of job openings in the U.S. unexpectedly fell in September to the lowest level since January 2021, suggesting that the labor market is continuing to ease. Job openings declined…
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said Tuesday he does not believe the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates as much as some analysts expect, due to “embedded” inflation. During a roundtable…
A new report finds that child care costs for full-time center-based care for one infant costs at least 10% of a median family’s annual income in nearly every state, according to…
The share of U.S. households living paycheck to paycheck has grown across all income brackets over the past five years, according to a new study from the Bank of America…
A new report from Visa sheds light on emerging scams targeting consumers and travelers, which have included new twists on old tactics for defrauding victims. Visa’s “State of Scams: Fall 2024…