Jo Craven McGinty is science bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal. Previously, she was senior talent editor for the managing editor. Before that, she spent nearly eight years writing The ...

Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms helped lead most U.S. stocks higher after a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies

President Trump’s economic proposals, with one exception, constitute a coherent package. I will address his proposals in a later column. Today I address his bad idea that would cause the failure of Trump’s renewal of the American economy.

Australia's inflation rose 0.2% in the December quarter and 2.4% annually, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

As U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House, it already seems clear that his second term will look little like his first. Many of Trump’s first-term appointments distanced themselves from his views and even denounced him.

Finding the best online student loan lender depends on several factors. “Students should carefully review interest rates, fees, repayment terms and any potential benefits offered by different lenders,” advises McClary. “It's crucial to read the fine print and compare multiple offers before making a decision,” he adds.

At the Federal Reserve’s first meeting in 2025, consumers are going to want what Fed Chair Jerome Powell simply can’t give them: An answer to how much longer interest rates are going to stay high. Americans got a taste of the rate cuts they were craving last year.

Graduating college no longer gives students a leg up in the workforce. They need real world experience, too. Now, colleges are stepping up their internships and co-op programs to fill the increasing need.

Remember “quiet quitting?” The pandemic-era buzzword may have faded but the quiet quitters haven’t exactly quit quiet quitting.

Pennsylvania has some 66,000 federal workers. Many work in Veterans Affairs, Defense, and the Treasury. For tens of thousands of federal workers in the Philadelphia region, President Donald Trump’s executive orders this week could change how they do their jobs.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the National Restaurant Association announced that Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of the organization's Research and Knowledge Group, will retire in April.

The US financial markets have recovered somewhat after being decimated by the emergence of a new Chinese AI app, and today's inflation data may finally put us on track for an interest rate cut.