Economy

A new report released Tuesday by real estate brokeredge Redfin found a 200% year-over-year increase in page views for homes in large metro areas, including cities and their surrounding suburbs, during the month of October. 

The striking workers said Infinity discontinued pandemic pay for employees at the end of July and pays workers base wages well below those of other nursing homes in the Chicago area, despite receiving $12.7 million in COVID-19 funding through the federal coronavirus rescue package.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. economists expect the U.S. economy will contract in the first quarter as state rollback coronavirus reopenings due to the new wave of COVID-19 infections that are sweeping across the country.

Yellen was the first women to head the Federal Reserve.

How the pandemic is impacting the cost of living in the world's priciest places.

A new lawsuit alleges managers at Tyson's Waterloo facility took bets on how many workers would contract COVID-19.

AstraZeneca and Oxford University on Thursday released data showing positive results of their Phase II COVID-19 vaccine trial.

"For nearly 50 years, Starbucks has been a leader in providing relevant, industry-leading benefits and a total compensation approach that is best-in-class for both part and full-time employees," a Starbucks spokesperson said in a statement. "Continuing in that tradition, this announcement is the next phase of its commitment to ensuring the well-being of partners with one of the most significant investments to hourly pay in the U.S. in the history of the company."

A COVID-19 vaccine may not come soon enough to stabilize the U.S. economy

Excluding automobiles, gasoline, building materials and food services, retail sales nudged up 0.1% after a downwardly revised 0.9% increase in September.

The Biden-Harris team have begun their outreach to business leaders.

Investors will monitor vaccine news and retail earnings in the week ahead.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee will implement new sweeping restrictions on businesses and activities as the state reported over 2,000 cases a day over the weekend and average coronavirus cases in the state have doubled in the past two weeks. 

A fresh round of coronavirus lockdowns threatens the recovery in New York City’s rental market just as it’s seeing an uptick.

Former New York Gov. George Pataki slammed Gov. Cuomo's coronavirus restrictions on Friday saying they are having a "horrific economic impact."