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A Northern California judge has upheld a jury’s verdict that found Monsanto’s weed killer caused a groundskeeper’s cancer, although she slashed the amount of money to be paid from $289 million to $78 million. In denying Monsanto’s request for a ...

The Supreme Court is siding with the Trump administration to block the questioning of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross about his decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The unsigned order Monday overrides lower federal courts in New ...

General contractors and other small businesses in the home-remodeling industry can expect revenue to slow in 2019, the result of rising mortgage rates and sluggish home sales. That’s the prediction of Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, which last ...

A healthy dose of job growth has long been seen as a likely cure for poverty. New research, however, suggests that poor Americans are frequently left behind even when their cities or communities benefit from hiring booms. When such cities ...

U.S. home sales fell for the sixth straight month in September, a sign that housing has increasingly become a weak spot for the economy. The National Association of Realtors said Friday that sales declined 3.4 percent last month, the biggest ...

Instead of destroying jobs and leaving legions of people without work, the digital revolution can open doors to unseen opportunities and industries, though only if everyone has access to the internet and the ability to use it, Melinda Gates said ...

A new study says the approximately 250-mile trip from Kansas City to St. Louis could be slashed to a half-hour’s time, however, an ultra-high-speed hyperloop system across Missouri wouldn’t come cheap. KMBC-TV reports that Kansas City-based Black and Veatch found ...

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates dipped slightly this week, taking a pause after weeks of steady increases stoked by rising interest rates. Home borrowing rates remain at their highest levels in more than seven years, with the key 30-year rate approaching ...

It’s been eight years since the U.S. Supreme Court declared that political spending is free speech. The decision eased the way for corporations, unions or nonprofits to spend massive amounts to support, or more often, denounce candidates in tight races. ...

Sears’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing will have ripple effects on everything from landlords to suppliers to workers. Many vendors, which had already enforced stricter payment terms on Sears, are refusing to ship merchandise to stores. The company will further shrink ...

U.S. home construction fell 5.3 percent in September, a sign that recent hurricanes and rising mortgage rates may be weighing on the market. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that housing starts slipped last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate ...