John Mac Ghlionn is a writer who con­trib­utes reg­u­larly to the Globe. Leading economists warn that another downturn is highly likely before the year’s end. They see a frozen housing market, ...

It was a double dose of celebration Monday at the WCTV studios, as the Thomasville girls and boys soccer teams visited the WCTV studio on Tuesday as part of WCTV’s Champ Chat series. A new gun ...

Chinese AI labs are matching American frontier capability at a fraction of the cost — and a wave of American and European challengers is building toward the same price point. Adoption is already ...

Some iPhone owners could be eligible for a payout from a class action lawsuit that Apple agreed to settle this week. The tech giant has agreed to a $250 million settlement in a case that alleged it ...

I handle my elderly mother’s finances. She got a check in the mail for a class-action settlement and cashed it. It later bounced and now they are deducting that amount from her account. I believe this ...

California’s controversial billionaire tax could eventually hit more than just the people at the top of the financial food chain — eventually hurting the everyday Californian — according to a powerful ...

Millions of Android users could be getting up to $100 in a new $135 million class-action Google settlement. Around 100 million users will be eligible to receive payment, but whether you're included ...

A shutdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could trigger a substantial release of stored ocean carbon into the atmosphere over hundreds of years, according to a new study ...

China's middle class is sitting on a mountain of cash, but they're refusing to spend it. Bank deposits are surging, interest rates are near zero, and yet households are tightening their wallets.

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with Henry J. Kaiser class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO-196) in the Red ...

In Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises,” a down-on-his-luck Scottish veteran of World War I is asked how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,” Mike Campbell responds. “Gradually, then suddenly.” That ...