This week, the prices of everyday grocery items are dropping, providing some much-needed relief. Our weekly price tracker ...

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On Wednesday, the Houston City Council approved Mayor John Whitmire's $7 billion budget despite calls from the community to ...

Duke is the Triangle area’s top employer, with more than 48,000 workers entering the spring. Statewide, only Walmart has more employees. Since March, the university has controlled costs by freezing ...

Many companies lumped layoffs in with larger cost-cutting strategies. Some have cited artificial intelligence as a factor in ...

The House passed its version of Trump’s "One Big, Beautiful Bill." Here’s what to look for as Senate Republicans take up the mega legislation.

Retailers are facing an increasingly difficult balancing act — protect profit margins or keep prices steady — as the Trump ...

Saudi Arabia, Russia and six other key OPEC+ members announced on Saturday a huge increase in crude production for July.

A shopper walks past a Nike store, as global markets brace for a hit to trade and growth caused by U.S. President Donald ...

Barring a change of heart by the president or intervention by Congress, consumers will have a lot of places to look for rising prices in the coming months.

Both of Texas’ U.S. senators and one congressman, all from Houston, have filed a bill to protect the oil and natural gas industry.

At half the companies in AP's annual survey, it would take workers at the middle of the company's pay scale 192 years to make ...