A new year has brought a new pay rate for more than 8.3 million Americans. The minimum wage is going up in 19 states this week, with workers in Hawaii now earning as much as $2 more an hour.

1406 ET – Crude futures end a shortened pre-Christmas session with little change as U.S. actions to contain Venezuela’s oil trade and continuing Russia-Ukraine tensions provide support against views ...

President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation at the White House on Wednesday. (Doug Mills/The New York Times/AP) A “warrior dividend” of $1,776 is on its way to service members, ...

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WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's approval rating slipped in recent days to nearly its lowest level of his current term as voters from his Republican Party soured on his handling ...

President Donald Trump is calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to eliminate a century-old tradition — but the GOP leader appears unwilling to budge. Trump continued his criticism on ...

US central bankers split, with median seeing one rate cut in 2026 Fed's Powell says rate policy well positioned Silver hits record high of $61.85/oz Dec 10 (Reuters) - Gold prices reversed course to ...

OpenAI has announced that Denise Dresser, the current CEO of Slack, will be the company's new Chief Revenue Officer. Dresser will oversee the company's revenue strategy "across enterprise and customer ...

Amazon has announced the layoff of 14,000 corporate employees; it is anticipated that there will be another round of cuts in January. Most media coverage breathlessly echoes comments from Beth Galetti ...

As reported in the Daily News over the weekend, the City Council is scheming to vote themselves a pay raise in the waning days of their current term, which ends on Dec. 31. We say scheming because the ...

Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also ...

The president says the country is now wealthy because of his tariff policies. President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that a “dividend of at least $2000 a person” will be paid to all Americans except ...