WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that recent signs of improvement in the U.S. economy are no reason to scale back the administration’s $1.9 tri...
Demand is 15% below pre-pandemic levels
Add one more potential item to the list of economic hardships dealt to Americans in the past 11 months: rising gas prices.
A deep ...
WASHINGTON — Key players in the GameStop saga faced questions Thursday from House lawmakers concerned that even as investing becomes more democratized, the scales are st...
Is it a job killer or a boon for workers?
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s effort to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour could provide a welcome opportunity f...
NEW YORK — Those $600 stimulus checks got Americans shopping again.
After three months of declines, retail sales soared a seasonally adjusted 5.3% in January from the m...
A Clinton Township company is waiting to hear whether an offer it made to buy a California company will be chosen over two other purchase proposals.
II-VI, which produce...
President Joe Biden has extended a ban on some foreclosures until the summer, as millions of homeowners continue to struggle during the coronavirus pandemic.
The morator...
NEW ORLEANS — Coronavirus-related limits on access to Bourbon Street, shuttered bars and frigid weather all prevented what New Orleans usually craves at the end of Mardi...
President admits passage unlikely
WASHINGTON — Union activist Terrence Wise recalls being laughed at when he began pushing for a national $15 per hour minimum wage almost...
The Butler Transit Authority follows a federal mandate requiring passengers and drivers to wear face masks on buses, but not all passengers comply.
The rule to wear mask...
