More Workers Take Parental Leave as States, Employers Expand Eligibility
Listen to article(2 minutes)Shawna Freeman Lane, 34, continued to teach college-level business by laptop after she gave birth by C-section...
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U.K. Inflation Tops 10%, Underlining Gloomy Outlook for Europe
The U.K.’s annual rate of inflation moved into double digits in July and is set to rise even higher by...
U.K. Inflation Hits Fresh Three-Decade High, Squeezing Household Budgets
The U.K.’s inflation rate rose to a fresh three-decade high in March, as energy prices surged following Russia’s invasion of...
Teens Find Rising Used-Car Prices Dash Hopes of First Car
Chase Smith had been saving for her first car long before she had a license to drive. But when the...
Americans’ Finances Got Stronger in the Pandemic—Confounding Early Fears
The Covid-19 pandemic threatened to ruin Americans’ finances. For many, the opposite happened.Though initial shutdowns caused unemployment to surge to...
