US New-Home Sales Rose 1.3% in November.
WASHINGTON — U.S. sales of newly built homes increased 1.3% in November from the prior month, a sign that low mortgage rates are pushing up purchases as well as prices.
WASHINGTON — U.S. sales of newly built homes increased 1.3% in November from the prior month, a sign that low mortgage rates are pushing up purchases as well as prices.
Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods fell 2% in November, the biggest decline in six months.
Luxury department stores like Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue once ruled among the affluent set.
The new year brings new overtime rules for employers including small businesses and in turn, a pay raise for an estimated 1.3 million workers.
The U.K.-based grocery chain Tesco has halted production at a factory in China after a British newspaper reported the factory used forced labor to produce charity Christmas cards for the supermarket.
Major indexes closed broadly higher on Wall Street, giving the S&P 500 index its 10th winning week in the last 11.
The U.S. economy, which only recently was flashing warning signs of a worrisome slowdown, is finishing the year in stronger shape, thanks to a resilient consumer, a healthy job market and interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
A growing community near Kansas City has decided this week to stop publishing its legal notices in its hometown newspaper.
The U.S. budget deficit rose by 2% last month to $209 billion, another step in a journey back toward $1 trillion-a-year budget shortfalls.
An FAA analysis after the first crash of a Boeing 737 Max predicted there would be more disasters without a fix of critical automated flight-control system.