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Instacart is adding miles to some Seattle deliveries to avoid stores within city limits — which would require paying the minimum wage for gig workers.

Millions of student-loan borrowers are being transferred from Navient to MOHELA. Elizabeth Warren wants some of their debt to be canceled first.

"Loose fiscal policy in the United States exerts upward pressure on global interest rates and the dollar," the IMF's Vitor Gaspar said.

Despite discussions about de-dollarization, the US dollar still dominates global foreign reserves, according to IMF data.

The draft text for Biden's new student-debt cancellation plan is out, and anyone in the public can provide input on what the relief should look like.

"The bull market in economic growth boils down to the heavy hand and generosity of Uncle Sam," David Rosenberg wrote this week.

Freight giant JB Hunt saw its stock tank 13% on Wednesday after badly missing profit and sales estimates for Q1.

A millennial moved to Canada to "get cultured." Despite the great quality of life, he wants to move back to Texas.

New Gallup data reveals the US has fallen behind many G7 countries in key indicators such as confidence in the military or food affordability.

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Russia's economy in 2024 is expected to grow by 3.2%, outpacing the US, Germany, the UK, and Japan, according to the IMF.

More and more Americans are deciding that the only way to pay off debts, save money, and retire is to move abroad.

Viewership for this year's NCAA basketball championship games shows the audience for the women's final surpassed the men's for the first time.

A new Gallup survey found that 71% of student-loan borrowers have put off key life events, including finishing their degrees, because of their debt.

Interest rate cuts may not come so soon amid strong job growth and persistent inflation.

Recent US immigrants are more likely than native-born Americans to have a college degree. But they're less likely to have finished high school.

Australia uses a system called superannuation where companies are required to contribute to employees' retirement funds.

China's GDP rose by a better-than-expected 5.3% in the first quarter, but analysts flagged slowing sales as a sign of weak demand.

Biden's administration released its first set of draft rules for its new student-loan forgiveness plan, and borrowers have 30 days to comment on them.

March retail sales and industrial output fell short of forecasts. First-quarter new home sales slumped.

"There should be plenty of disinflation in the pipeline as CPI converges with some of these more real-time metrics," Raymond James' Larry Adam said.

New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana, ranked No. 1 among metropolitan statistical areas for its negative net domestic migration rate per 1,000 people.John...