Lydia DePillis

Higher revenue and employee limits for small businesses that get federal contracts and loans could disadvantage the smallest companies, their owners say.

Though energy prices fell last month after their spring surge, other factors pushed up costs as the Fed considers raising interest rates.

Repeated heat waves, wildfires, droughts and storms are solidifying the understanding that new investments are unavoidable.

A spring surge rapidly faded as the summer brought higher prices and more uncertainty for businesses, even as they avoided layoffs.

A new field of “tokenomics” has emerged to measure the return on all the money companies are pouring into artificial intelligence.

The future of artificial intelligence depends on finding more skilled humans for some very physical jobs.

The threat of tariffs may have helped push more capital into the United States, but other factors are pushing it away.

President Trump is berating gasoline retailers for keeping prices high. Evidence suggests the business has grown more profitable.

The ruling on Temporary Protection Status will have swift repercussions for migrants and employers alike.

OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon and Microsoft have signed on to an effort led by Gina Raimondo, a former commerce secretary.

People drove less and bought more-efficient cars when fuel prices surged, habits that could stick over the long term.

Companies appear hesitant to pass those price increases on to weary consumers, whose wages aren’t keeping up.

Unemployment is steady and companies are hiring, but wage growth is not keeping up with higher prices.