Economic Development

1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (600+ words) The U.S. workforce has just made the type of history it likely wishes it didn’t. Working Americans are taking home the smallest percentage of economic output, 52.8%, since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the metric in 1947. But as the share…...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago   (780+ words) sasirin pamai's Images and elijah.lovkoff's Images via Canva Estimate AEP’s fair value as its data center pipeline grows (It’s free) >>> American Electric Power (AEP) closed at $123 this week, down slightly, even as its underlying business keeps accelerating. The utility…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (626+ words) Prices in the US rose by 3.4% in the year to August, with the cost of living pushed up by higher gasoline prices, official figures show. The overall inflation rate was unchanged from July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics…...

33+ min ago   (512+ words) Successful testing puts business in a strong position, says boss LITHIUM mined and refined in Cornwall has been successfully used in batteries. Cornish Lithium, which has a demonstration plant in the Clay Country, is celebrating this milestone in its journey…...

19+ hour, 30+ min ago   (280+ words) Not surprisingly, lettuce prices continued to trend in the other direction, likely from the cyclospora “explosive diarrhea” outbreak, though the Food and Drug Administration declared an end to the problem Friday, after nearly 13,000 people across 21 states were sickened by the…...

5+ hour, 49+ min ago   (322+ words) The Mac Observer Apple’s Q4 FY2026 Earnings Date: Not Yet Announced, Here Is the Pattern Apple Says Tariff Refunds Added 2 Points of Margin and 11 Cents of EPS in Q3 Apple’s Q3 FY2026 Results: A Record June Quarter at $109.4 Billion Johny Srouji Becomes Apple’s First Chief…...

13+ hour, 48+ min ago   (749+ words) Google’s Finland plan covers three data centers, Hamina, a Fortum power deal, wind capacity, and a 94 MW battery near Kajaani. Google has announced at least €13 billion in Finnish digital infrastructure, energy, and community investment for 2027–2028. The plan covers new data…...

10+ hour, 1+ min ago   (424+ words) In an interview Saturday, Frank Bisignano, the commissioner of the Social Security Administration and CEO of the Internal Revenue Service, credited the Working Families Tax Cut Act with delivering the largest dollar value of refunds ever recorded while increasing revenue....

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (703+ words) The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over the past week. Trips to the grocery store and gas station are more painful than they were last year, and rising costs…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (36+ words) "Your tax dollar at work" is a declaration that becomes much easier to appreciate when a public project delivers tangible evidence. NWA EDITORIAL | Northwest Arkansas’ transportation network gets a major upgrade Today marks a transportation milestone...