For Americans, the traditional season to buy winter holiday gifts begins on the last Friday in November.“Black Friday“ is the name for the day just af...
Labor unions in the United States have been losing members for years.Not all are shrinking, however.The nation's fastest-growing union has recentl...
Americans gave almost two hundred fifty thousand million dollars to charity in two thousand four.It was a five percent increase to a new record for gi...
In April, the New York Stock Exchange proposed to join with Archipelago Holdings.On December sixth, members of the exchange approved the merger by a v...
we look back on some top stories of two thousand five.In January, we heard about the retirement plans, or pensions, of several airline companies in th...
Gold has long been valued, and not just for its beauty.The metal is also valuable for its resistance to chemical reactions, and for its electrical qua...
Minimum wage is the lowest hourly pay rate permitted by law.In the United States, the federal minimum wage is five dollars and fifteen cents an hour.I...
Economics and weather have a lot in common.Knowing what conditions will be like weeks or months in the future is not easy.One thing that helps economi...
Ford Motor Company plans to close fourteen factories and cut as many as thirty thousand jobs in the United States and Canada.Its North American operat...
A new state law in Maryland says large companies must spend at least eight percent of their total wages on health care.If not, then they will have to ...