The federal shutdown will affect people across the United States. NPR's network of member stations explains what will be impacted and where.

Although the 30% federal tax credit for home solar installations is ending soon, there are still plenty of reasons to make the switch.

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The private-equity industry is casting itself as a savior for the American nest-egg. It can be really hard to figure out if they're right.

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Oracle's (ORCL) internal documents showed that the fast-growing cloud business has thin gross profit margins in the past year or so.

The average amount wedding guests spend on a gift is surprisingly stable: $100 to $150, says Emily Forrest, the head of communications at Zola, a wedding-planning and gift-registry platform. “That ...

Earlier this month, when U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued penalties against Google for monopolizing the search engine market, he stopped short of the harshest ones — like forcing the breakup of ...

Nyssa Silbiger still recalls the rude remark that reviewer three made in 2014 about her first paper describing her PhD research. “The phrases I have so far avoided using in this review are, ‘lipstick ...