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Back to school: 5 ways to save when shopping for your children
16+ hour, 36+ min ago (459+ words) With classes set to resume Aug. 10 across Las Vegas, many families are heading out this weekend for back-to-school shopping trips. Back to school: 5 ways to save when shopping for your children Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026 | 2 a.m. Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the…...
Between prices and a diarrhea-causing parasite, lettuce is causing hard times at some restaurants
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (748+ words) Thursday, July 30, 2026 | 10:20 a.m. It’s been a choppy year for restaurants that lean into lettuce. Lettuce prices rose sharply in the first half of 2026 due to hot weather in Arizona, where about one-third of America’s lettuce is grown. Now, restaurants are dealing…...
Americans' confidence in US economy falls as Iran conflict sends gas prices higher
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (485+ words) Tuesday, July 28, 2026 | 9:20 a.m. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 90.8 in July from 92.2 in June. That's essentially the same tepid range its been in since the beginning of the year. In late 2024 and early 2025 the readings…...
Gas, groceries and back-to-school items are where shoppers might see higher oil prices surface
1+ week, 1+ day ago (959+ words) By Cathy Bussewitz, Mae Anderson and Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press Friday, July 24, 2026 | 2 a.m. NEW YORK — Already feeling pinched since the start of the Iran war, consumers are likely to feel more pain ahead as oil prices pushed past $100 a barrel Thursday…...
Consumers still gloomy about economy; US hiring falls in June
3+ week, 6+ day ago (645+ words) Sunday, July 5, 2026 | 2 a.m. The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over the past week. Trips to the grocery store or gas station are more painful than they were last year, and…...
Consumer confidence ticks up as gas prices fall but Americans remain gloomy about the economy
1+ mon, 17+ hour ago (393+ words) Tuesday, June 30, 2026 | 11:05 a.m. WASHINGTON — Americans' attitudes toward the economy improved slightly this month as gas prices declined, but their outlook is still mostly negative by historical standards. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose 0.6 point to 91.2 in…...
Puncturing the myth of Alan Greenspan, whose policies gave us the Great Recession
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1240+ words) Tuesday, June 30, 2026 | 2 a.m. Noah Cross, the archvillain of the movie "Chinatown," had the definitive line on how old age brings respectability. "'Course I'm respectable," he tells Jake Gittes. "I'm old. Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last…...
Kevin Warsh can’t succeed without help from the White House
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (310+ words) Wednesday, June 24, 2026 | 2 a.m. This editorial originally appeared in Bloomberg Opinion: After his first meeting as leader of the Fed’s policymaking committee, Warsh left no doubt that he means to make a difference. But rising to these challenges — while achieving steady growth…...
US households, businesses stung by higher energy prices that have pushed inflation above 4%
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (966+ words) Thursday, June 11, 2026 | 2 a.m. WASHINGTON — Rising gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in three years last month, a headache for the Federal Reserve and a potential political challenge for the Trump administration as midterm elections near. Consumer prices rose 4.2% in…...
The American divide exposes the high GDP fallacy
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (260+ words) Sunday, May 31, 2026 | 2 a.m. The American economy is a wonder. The Economist observed that average wages in America’s poorest state, Mississippi, are higher than those in Britain, Canada and Germany. American GDP per capita now runs roughly 40% above western Europe. Post-pandemic productivity…...