Consumers

Lipsticks sit on display at an Estee Lauder Companies Inc. store in the Raffles City shopping mall in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. RetailÂ cosmetics sales for all companies will total $7.4 billion in China in 2021 fromÂ $4.3 billion last year, forecasts Euromonitor. Fueling growth are social media websites, such as Weibo, Youku, iQiyi and Tudou, that women are increasingly turning to for tutorials on everything from shading eyes to highlighting cheekbones.

Estee Lauder predicts Chinese demand for cosmetics will trump tariffs

James Langford · October 31, 2018 11:18 pm

The Play-Doh strategy: How toymaker Hasbro copes with Trump’s tariffs

James Langford · October 22, 2018 10:08 pm

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

P&G’s China sales pop as shoppers tune out Trump’s trade war

James Langford · October 19, 2018 9:18 pm

In this Sept. 24, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-In at the Lotte New York Palace hotel in New York. Trumpâs victory helped give rise to the #MeToo era. Now, as it threatens his latest pick to the Supreme Court and his partyâs electoral majorities in Congress. Trump is taking aim at the movement that has spurred a national reckoning around gender equity and sexual consent. Arguing that âfalse accusations of all types are made against a lot of people,â Trump defended Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday against allegations of decades-old sexual abuse.

Trump touts economic gains: ‘People are excited about the USA again!’

Katelyn Caralle · September 26, 2018 7:20 am

Nike earnings surge in months before Colin Kaepernick ad campaign

Joe Williams · September 25, 2018 8:27 pm

American Airlines Group Inc. planes sit on the tarmac during an event to mark the opening of five new gates inside Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport (ORD) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, May 11, 2018.

US lawmakers scuttle plan to limit ‘unreasonable’ airline change fees

Associated Press · September 22, 2018 11:08 pm

Donald Trump Jr. appears in court for a hearing in his divorce case in New York, Thursday, July 26, 2018. Vanessa Trump filed for divorce from Trump Jr. in March.

Trump Jr. mocks Obama for ‘magic wand’ remark: ‘Well, abracadabra, Obama. We’re doing it’

Daniel Chaitin · September 16, 2018 2:24 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, photo, a shopper takes a selfie as crowds pour into the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York. The government reports on sales at U.S. retailers in November on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Retail industry flourishing as companies brace for impact of new tariffs

Joe Williams · September 11, 2018 12:01 am

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, file photo, employees at Sheffield Platers Inc. work on the factory floor in San Diego. The Commerce Department releases fourth-quarter gross domestic product on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)

Economic growth revised down to 2 percent for the first quarter

Joseph Lawler · June 28, 2018 12:32 pm

Many U.S. workers avoid dealing with the IRS whenever possible -- even when it comes to changing tax-withholding forms that could make their paychecks bigger. That may mean a refund windfall in the 2019 tax-filing season.

Why Americans’ income-tax refunds may grow by $62 billion next year

James Langford · June 14, 2018 7:48 pm

A shopper looks over clothing. The Labor Department reports on U.S. consumer prices.

Inflation rises to 2.8 percent in May, fastest pace in six years

Joseph Lawler · June 12, 2018 12:32 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Nancy Pelosi is 100 percent wrong on the latest ‘consumer confidence’ data

Christian Datoc · June 7, 2018 9:41 pm