Business News

Social media may be too new to know this, but you need to tread lightly when Washington, DC, is looking. While President Trump has expanded his vocabulary to include "fake social" and "fake search," last week we had Face...

Dear John: I just read your report on the possibility of a 3 percent cost of living adjustment for Social Security recipients for 2019. What you do not mention is what Medicare costs are going to do. Example: In 2018, th...

New York is a total bust for Labor Day weekend retail sales as consumers look for other unofficial end-of-summer activities. If last year's massive drop in sales repeats itself this year -- as some analysts are forecasti...

Flickr/ TechCrunch Disrupt 2013 Box CEO Aaron Levie may have made his millions helping companies move their data to the cloud, but the 32-year-old founder still takes the time to sit down and read a book. As the leader o...

Blue-collar workers celebrating Labor Day say they are happy with their line of work and see good things for the country, a new study says. The vast majority of blue-collar workers -- 86 percent -- are happy with their j...

Transportation officials say they will not close any lanes on South Carolina interstates unless there is an emergency over the Labor Day weekend. The Department of Transportation says it expects …

The state of Arizona is auctioning broad areas of trust land for future housing developments in response to a booming housing market in the Tucson area. The first residentially zoned …

An Air Force innovation hub has opened in Alabama to harness research and technology for the military. "Mission Launch 2018" was meant to introduce the hub's mission to defense and …

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, a Trump appointee wrestling with how to boost flagging interest in public markets, said the commission also wants to take steps to give more individual investors a shot at companies that have be...

Buffett dropped the price on his Laguna Beach house after it spent more than a year on the market.

Louisiana officials say a crude oil export terminal on the Mississippi River and 700-mile pipeline project will be a $2.5 billion investment, creating 35 permanent jobs. Kansas-based Tallgrass Energy said …

Indonesia will partner with Alibaba's CEO Jack Ma to look into ways to use Alibaba's ecosystem to increase its exports, particularly to China, its communications minister told Reuters on Sunday.

The Providence Housing Authority has been awarded nearly $400,000 to provide more rental housing opportunities for low-income people with disabilities. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced the funding from the U.S. …

Here are a pair of recommended short sales and and one long-term buy recommendation.

For seven decades, 26 Fremont St. was home to one Battle Creek family. Members of the Barber family died here, got married here and operated a small gift shop inside. …

Dear John: I was riding my bike on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn when I was struck by a [driver] who overtook me. I slammed into another car and was in such pain that I did not get the insurance information of the driver w...

The nation will observe Labor Day this coming Monday, allowing millions to enjoy the waning days of summer, as well their last chance to wear white pants without earning a "tsk tsk" from Miss Manners. How did this early ...

Google Search is now using Service Worker to cache repeated searches, loading results twice as fast. The tidbit was shared this week by Dion Almaer, Google director of engineering, and Ben Galbraith, Google senior direct...

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Atlas Coffee Club Coffee lovers often pay premium prices f...

The putt is one that Webb Simpson never practices enough. He wasn't sure it even required his putter. He worked it to perfection. From just over 70 feet away off …

A recently solved drive-by shooting case in South Salt Lake highlights the effectiveness of a newly formed center that provides investigators with improved ballistics testing, according to Utah authorities. Investigators...

Pay-TV group Sky plans to step up investments in tech start-ups in Europe and the Middle East by opening a new office in Germany and investing $4 million in an Israeli venture capital fund.