US Economy
  • Why a Soaring Stock Market Makes Tax Reform Harder

    By Jeff Cox, CNBC

    For the principal part of President Donald Trump 's agenda to get passed, it may take something as dramatic as a sharp stock market pullback, according to one Wall Street analyst. As the political...

  • Workers sit next to bags containing sugar at the San Francisco Ameca sugar factory in the town of Ameca

    US, Mexico Reach a Deal on Sugar – but Consumers Could End Up Paying More

    By David Lawder and Chris Prentice, Reuters

    Mexico on Tuesday conceded to U.S. demands for changes in the terms of Mexican access to the lucrative U.S. sugar market, striking a deal with Washington that will likely lift prices of the sweetener...

  • 3 Reasons the Job Market Is Weaker Than You Think

    By Jeff Spross, TheWeek.com

    Friday's jobs report landed with a splat. The economy created 138,000 jobs in May, which is pretty meager. And if you compare job creation over the past year to the last six months and then three...

  • A job seeker fills out an application at the King Soopers grocery store table at a job fair at the Denver Workforce Center in Denver, Colorado, U.S. February 15, 2017.  REUTERS/Rick Wilking

    Why Job Openings Are Surging to Record Highs

    By Lucia Mutikani, Reuters

    U.S. job openings surged to a record high in April and employers appeared to have trouble finding suitable workers, pointing to a tightening labor market that could encourage the Federal Reserve to...

  • FILE PHOTO: The Apple logo is pictured inside the newly opened Omotesando Apple store at a shopping district in Tokyo June 26, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo

    Apple: After the iPhone, Here's What Comes Next

    By Alex Heath, Business Insider

    Apple has finally entered what many believe to be the next big wave of computing: augmented reality. At its annual conference for developers on Monday, Apple unveiled new augmented reality (AR)...