Business

A new study identified Black-owned businesses and found Americans are willing to pay more to close the racial wealth gap.

Burnout is such a problem for workers that some bosses are considering shrinking the length of the workweek. Nearly one-third (30%) of large US companies are exploring new work schedule shifts such as four-day or four-and-a-half-day workweeks, according to a KPMG survey of CEOs released this week.

What kinds of startups are trending? When inflation surged toward the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, central banks responded by raising interest rates, which caused companies to slash their investments.

As extreme temps rise, delivery drivers and warehouse workers face unsafe conditions and obstacles to collective action.

Freeways, ports, and other industrial areas are often seen on the horizon — or closer, in some instances — in Black communities. Living in close quarters to, say, factories or petrochemical plants or other fixed sources of pollution is hugely detrimental to public health in such neighborhoods.

America's debt addiction takes on a new twist—thanks to opaque, unregulated "buy now, pay later" loans that have swept retail in the past few years.

Retirement is what the majority of Americans look forward to after spending decades in the workforce. It comes with financial independence and newfound freedom.  However, Black women are not as supported as their white counterparts in retirement.

As of the third quarter (Q3) of 2023, consumers collectively owed more than $1 trillion on their credit cards.

The bridge collapse that has indefinitely halted the flow of ships in and out of the Port of Baltimore could hurt the local economy, strain supply chains and scramble deliveries along the US East Coast.

Two of the world’s largest credit card networks, Visa and Mastercard, as well as the banks that issue cards with them, agreed to settle a decades long antitrust case brought upon by merchants.