An updated version of the “Misery Index,” which includes the 30-year mortgage rate, has been moving toward a worrisome level that historically has been followed by weaker returns for the S&P 500. That ...

Miners in Myanmar have discovered a rare ruby of enormous size, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the conflict-battered Southeast Asian nation, state media reported Friday.

Just about everyone experiences misery from time to time, and for some it is a constant—or all-too-frequent—companion. I certainly sometimes feel like I am spiraling or overwhelmed by negative ...

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Platner Shows Why the Supreme Court Was Right on Campaign Spending People Who Should Never Work in Democratic Politics Again ‘Cheer up,” the British like to say. “It might never happen.” To which the ...

I’m a big crier. The tears flow when I’m feeling sad. Or grateful. Or frustrated. Awestruck, PMS-y, joyous, relieved…. You get the idea. I used to try and hide this tendency like it was something to ...

The tech bigwigs and economists at the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos were clear-eyed about how AI is reshuffling the jobs landscape globally and disrupting national economies. But the ...

It is the Year of the Horse, and in China, a frowning horse plushie is selling out. The "Are You Dead?" app went viral, but was later removed from the Apple App Store. Apple said China's cybersecurity ...

A cloud hanging over Seattle is usually a good thing, if you’re here for the rain, or if you work in that aspect of the tech industry. But the cloud of economic uncertainty is a less welcome ...

Anja Bihlmaier (pictured left) built it into a set of climactic paragraphs and highlighted those touches of positivity, for what they were worth, making an impressive peak of its central moment of ...

The economist once known as Dr. Doom, after forewarning the Japanese crash of the 1990s, said interest rates are likely to break higher soon, taking the stock market with them. “This year, we’ll get ...