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This Monday, July 10, 2017, file photo shows a house for sale, in North Andover, Mass. On Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index for June is released.

U.S. home prices surge in June, led by Seattle

June 2, 2018 at 6:30 p.m.

U.S. home prices climbed higher in June with gains that are eclipsing income growth — creating affordability pressures for would-be buyers. The Standard & Poor's CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price...

Private equity investor Carl Icahn in 2007.

Carl Icahn steps down as Trump adviser to avoid conflicts of interest

June 2, 2018 at 10:07 p.m.

President Donald Trump has lost another informal adviser from the business world: billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who gave the White House guidance on its deregulation efforts. Icahn said in a...

President Donald Trump stands in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017.

Business execs shunned Trump panels before he disbanded them

June 2, 2018 at 10:40 p.m.

President Donald Trump had pushed many of America's top corporate leaders to the breaking point with his inability to decisively condemn white supremacists — so they huddled on an 11:30...

In this Dec. 7, 2015, photo, taken with a fisheye lens, the winglet on the second Boeing 737 MAX airplane being built is seen on the assembly line in Renton, Wash.

U.S. factory orders rose in June as demand for aircraft soared

June 3, 2018 at 2:13 a.m.

Orders at U.S. factories increased in June as demand surged for aircraft. The Commerce Departments reports that factory orders increased 3 percent in June, a solid rebound after declining in...

Amazon and Foxconn reflect a growing trend: Deliver it now

June 3, 2018 at 4:00 a.m.

In today's economy, speed is everything. Amazon's plans to add 50,000 jobs at a dozen warehouses across the United States and Foxconn's decision to build a $10 billion plant and...

U.S. employers add modest 138,000 jobs, falling short of expectations; unemployment rate falls to 4.3 percent

June 4, 2018 at 3:40 p.m.

U.S. employers pulled back on hiring in May by adding only 138,000 jobs. Hiring was still enough to help keep pushing unemployment lower. The Labor Department said Friday that the...

The National Association of Realtors said recently that sales of existing homes climbed 14.7 percent in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.46 million.

Home sales rebound; 2015 had most sales in 9 years

May 20, 2019 at 8:02 a.m.

U.S. home sales rebounded in December after new regulations had delayed the completion of purchases in November. And total sales in 2015 were the most in nine years. The National...

1 in 4 US renters must use half their pay for housing costs

June 20, 2019 at 6:52 a.m.

WASHINGTON — More than one in four U.S. renters have to use at least half their family income to pay for housing and utilities. That's the finding of an analysis...

1 Chicagoan on young billionaires list

August 22, 2021 at 5:41 a.m.

Being the lone Chicagoan on Forbes magazine's list of young billionaires is something of a Pyrrhic victory for hedge fund manager Kenneth Griffin. The 40-year-old founder of Citadel Investment Group...

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