Tag: North America

The U.S. Postal Service said on Wednesday it is seeking approval for a temporary 8% price hike for priority mail and package deliveries,  effective April 26, to deal with rising ...

Office buildings across the U.S. are being rapidly converted into housing as landlords face high vacancy and looming loan deadlines. At the start of 2026, 90,300 apartment units were underway ...

Next week's U.S. employment report headlines a fresh batch of economic data for stock investors, who also will closely follow developments in an Iran war that is entering its second ...

The U.S. technology industry is being pushed to shrink its power use in times of high demand, amid growing public concern that Big Tech's massive electricity needs for its expansion ...

Microsoft executives have in recent weeks told managers at major divisions, including its cloud unit and North American sales groups, to suspend new hiring, The Information reported on Thursday, citing ...

Meta said on Thursday it is increasing investment in its El Paso, Texas AI data center to $10 billion, a more than sixfold jump, as it aims to hit 1-gigawatt ...

Salesforce is skipping salary increases this year for employees at the director level and above, redirecting compensation toward stock and bonuses instead, according to Business Insider.  The company says merit ...

New data from Anthropic’s February 2026 Economic Index shows AI usage is broadening across the economy. Earlier implementation was concentrated in high-value tasks like coding, but that is changing. The ...

Women are no longer being siloed into secretary and back-room jobs; for decades, they’ve been breaking into male-dominated jobs they were once locked out of. Trading pencil skirts for scrubs ...

Bonuses for Wall Street executives jumped 9% to a record $49.2 billion in 2025, according to an estimate from New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli published on Thursday.  The average ...