economy

I am a 23-year-old college graduate living at home with my parents, four siblings, two dogs, and a bird. Why? Because I cannot fully support myself financially, so I am staying at home until I can afford a place of my own. The thing is, I'm not alone...

With 200-thousand jobs in Massachusetts expected to be open in the next three years, state officials say a college education is more important than ever. Dr. Carlos Santiago, the Commissioner of the MA Department of Higher Education, visited UMass Dartmouth on Wednesday...

With less than two weeks until Election Day, New Bedford's two mayoral candidates took part in their first forum together Tuesday night at the Whaling Museum presented by the Mayor's Youth Council.

If you're the type that looses sleep over the volatile stock market, last week you definitely needed some sleep aids. Last Friday, stocks suffered their worst losses in four years at the end of a bruising week over concerns about China's economy...

It's shaping up to be another ugly day on Wall Street as stocks are opening sharply lower.

A new task force was announced during a city hall event Tuesday morning.

I couldn't believe it. Yesterday we ran out of pellets and my wife wasn't afraid to turn the thermostat up to 70 degrees. Before the pellet stove and kids, we kept the house at a balmy 59 degrees.

Do you plan to spend more this Christmas season? People who are paid to predict that kind of thing think you will be, with the nation's largest retail industry trade group predicting that sales will be up 4.1 percent, with Americans expected to spend at the highest rate in three years...

Traffic crashes are costing the U.S. economy close to a trillion dollars a year, according to a new study.

Staples will close 225 stores by the end of next year and the office-supply retailer is initiating to save about $500 million annually by 2015.