Business, Finance & Economics

Students at the all-female Effat University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia participate in a driving skills workshop run by Ford.

Will Saudi women drive once ban is lifted? US car companies want to find out.

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a decree last year that lifted a decades-old ban on women driving in the Kingdom. The announcement caught many — including auto manufacturers — by surprise.

People build a snowman outside the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 21, 2018.

House approves government spending bill despite conservative revolt

A man is silhouetted against a molten orange background.

US open to tariff exemptions for more countries

Man at microphone speaking with hands up

It’s Trump versus California, but immigrants and employers already feel the fallout

One person inspects a piece of metal, while another person holds a cart containing a more of the same pieces of metal.

New NAFTA talks aim to clear pathway to toughest issues

Two computers with scanners are set up on a counter in a convenience store, surrounded by packaged snacks and rows of gum and mints.

Will automated convenience stores put South Koreans out of work?

South Korea has one of the world’s highest human-to-convenience-store ratios, but increasingly, those stores are operating without staff, instead relying on machines to allow customers to purchase goods.

A paper sign is taped on top of a KFC ad telling customers that the restaurant is closed.

Hundreds of British KFC stores have to close — after they run out of chicken

Most of the chain’s 900-some UK stores are closed after a new supplier couldn’t deliver chicken to stores

Wages for American workers are ticking upwards, but the US remains one of the world’s most inequitable nations, and one with a weak social safety net compared with other Western democracies.

Wages for American workers are ticking upward, but the US remains one of the world’s most inequitable nations

The American economy is strong by most metrics. But income inequality remains a huge concern: In some cases, a CEO can make a workers’ annual income in a single day.

Miami has the second-largest population of US cities that are vulnerable to flooding due to climate change.

Cities may need to act on climate change or see their bond ratings drop

The credit rating agency Moody’s Investor Services has issued a company memo that outlines its plans to quantify the increasing risks posed by climate change.

The US Capitol Building is seen from the Congressional Visitors Center in Washington, DC, Dec. 6, 2017.

Here’s what’s in the final version of the Republican tax bill

From child tax credits to business “pass-throughs,” here’s your guide to everything in the final GOP tax reform bill.