Remote workers are living increasingly further from their main offices, study finds

Employees are living increasingly further from their offices, a new study found, as the average distance between an employees' home and their company offices has increased compared to before the COVID pandemic. 

Layoffs jump to highest for any February since 2009, report says

Last month marked the highest layoff total for the month of February in data going back to 2009, according to U.S. outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

Here's where Aldi plans to open new US stores, convert existing chains

Aldi plans to add 800 stores across the U.S., including new openings and store conversions of existing grocery chains. Here’s what plans have been released.

Mortgage rates ease slightly as spring homebuying season nears: Freddie Mac

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.88% for the week ending March 7, according to Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey.

CFPB finalizes rule capping credit card late fees at $8 on average

A new CFPB rule caps credit card late fees to 25% of the required payment and ends the automatic inflation adjustment for these charges.

Doing taxes drives younger generations to tears

One in four Gen Z-ers responding to a recent poll said they'll need help from a therapist to recover from the experience of filing their taxes.

Chinese citizen, Google employee arrested for stealing trade secrets

A Chinese citizen living in Newark was arrested and charged on Wednesday morning with stealing confidential artificial intelligence (AI) files from Google while he was employed as a software engineer. 

Americans in this state are the biggest tax procrastinators: survey

Wyoming topped the list as the state with the biggest procrastination problem for the second year running, according to the IPX 1031 survey.

Cities where Americans are under the most financial stress

WalletHub ranked 100 cities to determine which was populated with residents experiencing the highest levels of financial stress.

JetBlue, Spirit agree to terminate merger over regulatory issues

Low-cost carriers JetBlue and Spirit agreed to terminate their $3.8 billion merger agreement after facing significant regulatory and legal hurdles. 

Home prices hit new high in December but show signs of cooling: Case-Shiller

Home prices reached an all-time high in December but show signals of softening, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices report.