NEW YORK — Amazon’s rise is forcing laundry detergents to shrink.
Tide and Seventh Generation have introduced redesigned laundry detergents that are several pounds light...
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer confidence tumbled this month as Americans began to worry that economic growth will moderate next year. But consumer spirits are still high by...
WASHINGTON — U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell this week, offering a slight degree of relief to would-be homebuyers after the stock market has tumbled.
Mortgage buyer ...
Buoyed by a robust economy and pent-up demand, holiday shoppers rang up the highest retail sales in six years, according to a report out Wednesday by Mastercard.
The dat...
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans’ mayor says the city deserves to get a bigger percentage of the $166 million collected each year from a 15 percent surcharge on hotel rooms.
M...
MARS — Council is seeking public input on the possible uses of a former church building if it were to be bought by the borough.
Council is scheduled to hear public comme...
Pennsylvanians are paying a little less at the pump this Christmas, with gas prices dropping 6.1 cents per gallon over the last week, bringing the average price to aroun...
President walks back criticisms
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump expressed confidence in the Treasury secretary, Federal Reserve and U.S. economy Tuesday, moving to ca...
WASHINGTON — Ted Cruz is still on a crusade to wipe out the Affordable Care Act, but the effort is getting lonelier and lonelier.
Republican leaders are now publicly roo...
High tech called on surveillance
We may remember 2018 as the year when technology’s dystopian potential became clear, from Facebook’s role enabling the harvesting of our ...
