Puerto Rico is in the middle of a severe drought, which has led the government to begin officially rationing water. July was the driest in the Island’s history, and last week, the water authority ...

Another inflation marker came out on Thursday: the produce price index, which showed inflation was a bit cooler in July. Headline inflation is at 4.7% year-over-year, and core inflation is a bit lower ...

Electricity is getting more expensive and less reliable. Local power, like solar panels and batteries, helps solve those problems, but they’re expensive. That’s why Ann Arbor, Michigan, is installing ...

As soon as you walk into Tochterman’s Fishing Tackle, a store in Baltimore, you get hit with the smell of shrimp and garlic. That comes from gels and sprays meant to go on fishing lures, and some of ...

Utilities see more upside in relatively cheap solar cells than expensive new coal-burning plants. That’s despite the Trump administration’s efforts to boost coal as a source of electricity. Nobody ...

Quarterly earnings reports show big numbers and even bigger hopes for the AI trade.

The Treasury Department is changing regulations on what types of businesses have to list their owners with the government. Under the Biden-era rule, both foreign and domestic businesses were required ...

Today, what the Trump administration’s rollback of a Biden-era rule intended to prevent money laundering means for small businesses.

Critic and journalist Sophie Haigney argues taste is a distinctly human quality that even the best AI can’t replicate.

According to the USDA, 18 million Americans experienced food insecurity in 2024, the latest year from which data is available. Groceries cost about a third more than they did about seven years ago, ...

The average household’s buying power slipped 0.1% over the last year, new data shows. Plus: Fractional homeownership, refined oil, and book sales.

Despite a major international conflict, markets have remained strong. There’s historical precedent for that.