ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — New Jersey’s robust sports betting industry saw a big decline in June, with revenue down nearly 24% from a year earlier in what some casino executives and observers chalked up to plain old bad luck. Overall…
Americans gave less money to charity in 2023 for the second straight year, reversing years of increases as nagging inflation left small donors feeling pinched. The nonprofit Giving USA reported this week that philanthropic donations dropped by 2.1% after inflation…
Homeownership has moved even further out of reach for millions of Americans as prices soar and purchases fall, a trend that is likely to have major implications for the presidential race. The median home sales price reached an average of…
DAKAR, Senegal — Billons of dollars in gold is smuggled out of Africa each year and most of it ends up in the United Arab Emirates, where it is refined and sold to customers around the world, according to a…
A year after President Biden officially ended the pandemic, his agencies have struggled mightily to get employees back into their offices — and some of them are still trying to figure out how to monitor them when they’re at home.…
LONDON (AP) — The British economy bounced back strongly in the first three months of the year, bringing to an end to what economists termed a “technical recession”, official figures showed Friday. The Office for National Statistics said the economy…
TOKYO — Nippon Steel said Friday it has postponed the expected closing of its $14.1 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by three months after the U.S. Department of Justice requested more documentation related to the deal. Tokyo-based Nippon Steel Corp.…
DETROIT — The first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night averaged 12.1 million viewers on television and digital platforms, a 6% increase over last year. It is the highest day one viewership since 2021, when there was an…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company’s humanoid robot, dubbed Optimus, could begin reaching consumer markets by the end of 2025. Optimus, which Mr. Musk envisions as a future major revenue source for Tesla, is anticipated to cost $25,000, less…
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will step down from the embattled plane maker at the end of the year after a series of incidents at one of America’s most storied manufacturers. Board Chair Larry Kellner has also told the company he…
