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The economy is struggling to recover, and without another stimulus package, the stock market may continue to be volatile. But experts still...

Dow futures spike more than 1,500 points after Pfizer says its vaccine candidate was more than 90 percent effective.

A leading candidate for the treasury secretary is Fed governor Lael Brainard, a senior department official in the Obama administration.

Defense executives and consultants say it's unlikely defense spending will be cut significantly under president-elect Joe Biden.

More than 2 million women had dropped out of the labor force entirely as of October. Many are moms of elementary-school-aged children.

In October, the economy grew jobs but at a slower pace than earlier in the summer. The unemployment rate fell in October.

U.S. stocks are poised for an opening bell slide Friday as investors grapple with record coronavirus infections, a weakening economic recove...

A typical White family has almost eight times the wealth of a typical Black family, largely as a result of the homeownership gap, which has...

In perilous times, we hunger with a special zeal for creations by artists who can capture the experience for us.

The number of mailed ballots not delivered by Nov. 3 is expected to grow as more postal data is released in the coming days.

At a 2:30 ET press conference, Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell is likely to get questions on his calls for more fiscal aid and whether mounting c...

Katie Stevo wants to walk in the footsteps of Elon Musk and Steve Jobs. But first she’s figuring out how to be 18.

Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures are up sharply, pointing to a third consecutive day of gains.

Between the pandemic, unemployment, and everything else in 2020, tensions between working parents and child-free workers are at an all-time...

Painting collaboratively with robots guided by artificial intelligence, Sougwen Chung creates human-machine art. In her live performances wi...

Jared Kushner helped lead the White House's response to the pandemic. His company has been moving to evict people affected by it.

The Postal Service cannot trace 300,000 ballots in processing plants, but says many were already delivered

Political uncertainty is creating one more headache for the country’s retailers.

It looks increasingly likely that the United States is going to keep experiencing a ‘K-shaped recovery.’

With several key states still too close to call, investors are eagerly waiting for a winner to be declared in the U.S. presidential race.

The move to raise the minimum wage is a win for labor and minimum wage advocates, who have won a series of victories in recent years to rais...

Mail service and law enforcement agents will comb processing plants for misplaced ballots amid ongoing delvery delays.

U.S. and overseas markets pop as investors expressed optimism that a clear winner would emerge in the race between Joe Biden and President T...

Those whose business is based primarily on military contracts see soaring profits, while once-prized commercial business becomes a liability...