Home Sales Fell in February Amid Tight Supply, Rising Mortgage Rates
Sales of previously owned homes declined in February as rising mortgage-interest rates and a shortage of homes for sale made...
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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...
Why Collecting Vintage Watches Took Off During the Pandemic
One of the more common psychological side effects of the pandemic has been a distorted sense of time. With work...
The Hidden Ways Companies Raise Prices
Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Inc., a Chicago-based restaurant group, has added a 3% “processing fee” to checks at many of...
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...
Airlines Prepare for Busy Travel Week Amid Omicron Surge
The rapid spread of the Omicron variant is looming over holiday travel, but airports are getting busier as travelers try...
Inside AMC’s Crazy, Bonkers, Upside-Down Year of Apes, Memes and Shorts
A mob rescued the world’s largest movie-theater chain from the edge of bankruptcy. It turned out to be only the...
I’ve Tried to Make Travel Better for 20 Years. Mostly It’s Gotten Worse.
I fear I’ve failed.When I started covering aviation, flights were expensive, delays were maddening and the coffee on Southwest Airlines...
IRS Boosts 401(k) Contribution Annual Cap to $20,500
WASHINGTON—Workers will be able to set aside up to $20,500 in their 401(k) accounts in 2022, up $1,000 from this...
Democrats Try to Salvage IRS Bank-Account Reporting With Scaled-Back Plan
Democrats scaled back a proposal that would require banks to send more information about customers’ accounts to the IRS in...
Social Security Benefits to Increase 5.9% for 2022
Seniors and other Americans receiving Social Security benefits in 2022 will see the largest increase in their payments in four...
Succession Drama Grips Scholastic: CEO’s Sudden Death, an Office Romance and a Surprise Will
The longtime head of Scholastic Corp., M. Richard Robinson Jr., died suddenly in June on a walk in Martha’s Vineyard....
Mortgage-Refinancing Costs Expected to Fall as Fannie, Freddie Drop Fee
WASHINGTON—The cost of refinancing government-backed home loans is expected to fall as mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are...
Inflation Accelerates Again in June as Economic Recovery Continues
U.S. consumer prices continued to climb swiftly in June, as the economic recovery gained steam and demand outpaced the supply...
