Overall, consumers spent 3.8 percent more from Nov. 1 through Dec. 24 than they did in the same period last year, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which excludes auto sales. The tally doesn't ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Finding an affordable car in the United States has already become a challenge for many budget-constrained Americans, as new import tariffs on Mexican-built vehicles ...

TALLINN, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Estonian government convened an emergency meeting on Thursday after the Estlink-2 power cable connecting Estonia and Finland along the floor of the Gulf of Finland was ...

More than half of California, and 62 percent of Los Angeles County, is either foreign-born or has at least one immigrant parent, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census data.

Thursday marks the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history, with the California Institute of Technology, in a university release ...

The S&P 500 would reach 6,666 points by the end of 2025 with earnings per share from S&P 500 member companies to grow by 13 percent next year, according to Savita Subramanian, BofA's chief U.S. equity ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Seemingly overnight, millions of people were taking the medicines, known as GLP-1s, while blockbuster drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound brought in ...

"In a milestone for China, the world's biggest auto market, EVs hit 50 percent of new car sales in July," noted the report. "That included pure battery EVs plus plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Authorities are investigating a Christmas shooting at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, the capital of the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona, which left three people ...