November 9, 2021

Storied General Electric to split into 3 public companies

The storied American company General Electric will divide itself into three public companies focused on aviation, health care and energy. The company, founded in 1892, […]
November 8, 2021

As rules ease, travelers head to U.S. for emotional reunions

Updated: 3:24 p.m. The U.S. lifted restrictions Monday on travel from a long list of countries including Mexico, Canada and most of Europe, setting the stage […]
November 8, 2021

Carbon markets drive research in soil carbon storage

Standing in the middle of a windswept Red River Valley farm field, North Dakota State University researcher Caley Gasch explains how emerging soil carbon markets […]
November 8, 2021

Can we fix child care?

The business of child care has operated in a strained market for years — low wages for workers and high costs for parents.  Now, the […]
November 8, 2021

Elon Musk asked Twitter followers if he should sell Tesla shares. They said yes

Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses as he arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Awards ceremony, in Berlin, on Dec. 1, 2020. Musk […]
November 7, 2021

Democrats are seeking largest-ever investment in affordable housing

Home builders at work in Sacramento, Calif. Democrats in Congress are trying to pass a bill that would make the largest investment in affordable housing […]
November 6, 2021

House passes $1 trillion infrastructure plan, sending it to Biden's desk

President Joe Biden walks into the U.S. Capitol building with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for an Oct. 28 meeting with House Democrats on negotiations […]
November 6, 2021

Roads, transit, internet: What's in the infrastructure bill

The $1 trillion infrastructure plan that now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law has money for roads, bridges, ports, rail transit, safe […]
November 6, 2021

Biden hails infrastructure win as 'monumental step forward'

President Joe Biden on Saturday hailed Congress' passage of his $1 trillion infrastructure package as a “monumental step forward for the nation" after fractious fellow […]
November 5, 2021

Women are unhappy. What can we do about it?

A recent Gallup poll found that only 44 percent of women say they are satisfied with the way women are treated by society. That’s a […]