Nicholas Morgan

Microsoft has surpassed Apple as the most valuable company in the world after posting a $2.44 trillion market capitalization. This marks Microsoft's return to a spot it held for years in the past.

Oct 29, 2021

A cap on tax state and local tax deductions, known as SALT, may find its way back into the final text of President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion spending bill, a priority for moderate Democrats.

Oct 29, 2021

Personal income saw a 1.0% drop on Friday in the Department of Commerce's recently released Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) data. The overall PCE was higher by 4.4% in September, likely to add to fears of persistent inflation.

Oct 29, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday that COVID-19 has been experiencing a resurgence, driven by a spike in cases within European countries.

Oct 28, 2021

Borrowers in the United States are paying more for auto loans in the last decade, regardless of their credit score or ability to pay for a loan.

Oct 28, 2021

Pending home sales were dealt a surprise blow on Thursday as the number of signed contracts to buy existing hopes dropped by 2.3% in September. However, it is predicted that buyers are pausing their purchases only until the new year arrives.

Oct 28, 2021

Economic growth for the third quarter is projected to have grown at 2%, the slowest gains recorded since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oct 28, 2021

The number of initial unemployment claims in the U.S. has fallen for a third week in a row and is slowly inching closer to pre-pandemic lows. This data arrives only days before the Federal Reserve is set to meet on Monday.

Oct 28, 2021

There has been an increased need for liver transplants during the COVID-19 pandemic and it can be chalked up to the surge in heavy drinking.

Oct 27, 2021

Cigarette sales shot up last year at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in a rare boost for the tobacco industry. 

Oct 27, 2021

Bitcoin fever appears to be subsiding as it saw 5% of its value lost since last week''s jubilant launch of the digital asset's first exchange traded fund. Investment analysts, however, insist that it is likely a market correction as the ETF splurge tones down.

Oct 27, 2021

New orders for durable goods in the U.S. has gone down, breaking a four-month streak of growth by posting a 0.4% decrease in shipments and weaker growth in August than previously reported.

Oct 27, 2021

A former public health adviser to then-President Donald Trump said that the administration's preoccupation with the November 2020 elections last year cost the U.S. up to 40,000 lives.

Oct 26, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has been putting enough of a strain on Americans that it is affecting how they make basic decisions, even as many Americans hold onto the belief that there will be a return to normalcy once the pandemic ends.

Oct 26, 2021

The Census Bureau found new home sales went up in September, a sign of the continued demand for homes even as the wider market continues to suffer from supply and affordability issues.

Oct 26, 2021

Verizon and Amazon are teaming up to connect their land and space networks to provide faster internet coverage to more communities, including many in rural America.

Oct 26, 2021

A new study in New York has found that memory loss and other forms of cognitive impairment can continue for months after recovering, including after mild cases experienced by younger patients.

Oct 25, 2021

A new study reveals that COVID-19 vaccines do not carry a major risk of developing neurological problems, and exposure to the virus itself carries a greater risk of contracting serious side effects.

Oct 25, 2021

Major retail chains fear that vaccine mandates could lead to a mass exodus of workers ahead of the holiday season.

Oct 25, 2021

The 'Facebook Papers' have put the world’s largest social media platform in a corner, hit from all sides with revelations that show just how much it knew about the ways it was being abused, and the frustration employees felt over their inability to stop it

Oct 25, 2021

Biden’s climate change agenda has been front and center since entering the White House in January, but the U.S. Energy Department recently found that coal use in the national energy grid has gone up in the last year.

Oct 24, 2021

The economy is making strides in the face of COVID-19 and the ongoing supply chain problems that are pushing prices higher, but labor shortages and inflation fears continue to be causes for concern.

Oct 22, 2021

As the nation experiences a fall in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths, colder states are starting to see an uptick in virus cases.

Oct 22, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new climate change strategy that would forbid new oil drilling near homes, schools and hospitals in the state. He framed the plan as meeting the twin goals of protecting public health while advancing his climate agenda.

Oct 21, 2021

Climate change is amplifying the severity of health problems across the world, including in the United States. Some researchers warn that this report is more than a "code red" for the world to increase efforts to combat climate change.

Oct 21, 2021

Existing home sales in the United States went up in September as the supply of homes begin to expand, but lingering concerns about affordability an availability of homes continues to draw concern.

Oct 21, 2021

The number of initial unemployment claims in the U.S. has fallen for a second week in a row to the lowest level since the start of the COVID pandemic, the Department of Labor reported on Thursday.

Oct 21, 2021

The Biden administration said it would not be “taking options off the table.”

Oct 20, 2021

Scientists recently succeeded in temporarily attaching a pig’s kidney to a human body, a first step that could open up the possibility that pig organs can be used more widely as transplants one day.

Oct 20, 2021