Economy

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia – Looking from behind his counter on a recent Saturday afternoon, computer shop owner Goh Sook Lam surveyed the empty corridors of 3 Damansara shopping mall. Two...

George Dziamniski, 62, said he doesn’t need much. He works two or three days a week at a Walmart warehouse and cashes his monthly Social Security check, which he said...

Gen Z is becoming more financially savvy — and many are doing whatever they can to retire early. Many more young Americans are investing compared to their parents in their...

Rebecca Cox, 27, hoped to take a summer break following her first year as a full-time fifth-grade teacher in Kentucky. “It just drained me and wiped me out because I...

United Airlines introduced a “basic economy” ticket in 2017 to compete with budget carriers like Frontier and Spirit Airlines. The discount ticket comes with a random seat and a personal...

It’s not an exaggeration to say going back to school changed Erin Vaughan’s life. Vaughan, 41, completed two semesters of college in her mid-twenties, but she wasn’t able to afford...

Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s son marries on Friday in a lavish ceremony that has been a hot talking point at home and abroad, with his father’s $260bn-conglomerate Reliance taking to...

The data of nearly all customers of the telecommunications giant AT&T was downloaded to a third-party platform in a security breach, the company has said, as cyberattacks against businesses, schools and health systems continue...

The prices paid by customers of businesses in the United States unexpectedly surged in June, undercutting confidence that inflation might be waning. The producer price index (PPI) rose 0.2 percent...

The idea of ‘s outstripping the to become the world’s largest economy has been a fixation for policymakers and economists for decades. What will happen, they argue, when the US — one...