In The Headlines Life after Brexit: Potential Impacts for the U.S. Economy Voters in the United Kingdom chose to exit from the European Union (EU). The move, commonly referred to as Brexit, is expected to jolt the U.S. economy, rattling financial markets and driving up the value of the dollar. It [...]

In The Headlines Mattel’s Re-invents Barbie (Again) Mattel has been trying to remake the image of Barbie for years, lately by expanding her ambitions beyond just collecting clothes to entering professions ranging from politics to sports to being a video game developer. The Game Developer Barbie sports glasses, blue jeans, and [...]

In The Headlines Fed Report: Many Americans are Financially Fragile The classical signs of a recovery seem to be in place. Wages are slowly rising, unemployment is the lowest it has been in nine years, and inflation remains low. Yet according to the Federal Reserve Bank's latest survey on American economic [...]

In The Headlines House Flipping Returns, Pressuring U.S. Real Estate Markets After cooling off in 2014, home flipping is on the rise again—its share of all home sales is up 20% in the first three months of this year from the previous quarter and up 3% from the same period a [...]