Economy

Nkurunziza Alphonse knows that every time he goes out to protest, he could get arrested, even detained for a lengthy period in Kampala’s maximum security prison. It has happened before....

Employers added 142,000 jobs in August, representing fewer new positions than the 160,000 that had been forecast by economists.  Unemployment eased slightly to 4.2%, in line with expectations, according to...

Influencer-marketing and digital-talent firms are getting scooped up like crazy this year, even as other creator-economy companies have failed to live up to their valuations. Some deals have involved buyers...

The U.S. jobs market is losing steam. Today, Americans will learn just by how much. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is set to report jobs data, including the unemployment rate,...

Myles Simms-Aur had a $70,000 salary, a nice car, and a stable routine living in Maryland. But he wanted to experience the world and felt financially restrained by the cost...

The United States has rolled out fresh export controls on quantum computers and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment amid concerns about the use of advanced technologies by rivals such as China. The US...

Listen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher. This week, banking giant Goldman Sachs issued a report that suggested the U.S. economy...

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has criticised French authorities for pursuing “misguided” criminal charges against him instead of approaching his company with their concerns in his first public comments since his...

Medan, Indonesia – Indonesian workers who paid thousands of dollars to travel to the United Kingdom to pick fruit say they face the prospect of returning home heavily in debt after...

How Much Weaker Will the Labor Market Get? We have arrived on the eve of the most important jobs report in years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release on...