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In the first year of retirement, there’s a 30% reduction in short-term memory.

Tens of thousands of tech employees have already been laid off in the first few weeks of the new year, according to data compiled by Layoffs.fy.

The U.S. is going to experience “zero” growth in 2023 and teeter on the verge of recession, economists predict.

Former President Trump is urging Republican lawmakers to stay away from cuts to programs for senior citizens as an intense fight looms over the debt limit

This is the second time in the past six months that postal rates have gone up.

Verizon Communications Inc.’s fourth-quarter results aren’t a big mystery, but the company’s path forward comes with plenty of question marks.

Kansas City Fed President Esther George said Friday it is too soon to say that inflation is on the right trend back to the central bank’s 2% target

Raising the debt ceiling and keeping the government funded are only the beginning of McCarthy’s challenges.