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Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday intended to “eliminate” the Department of Education, effectively reducing the department to its most bare-bone functions. He did so at a ...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday to close the Education Department, fulfilling a yearslong pledge to dismantle the federal agency, the White House confirmed.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive action formally asking officials to take steps to largely dismantle the Department of Education, his latest effort to reduce the size of the ...

A conversation with researchers Tim Gardner and Colin Wong on how salespeople game the system. Sales commissions act as a crucial lever to increase revenue and customers. But sometimes those ...

U.S. retail sales rebounded in February, suggesting that the economy continued to grow in the first quarter, though at a moderate pace as tariffs on imports and mass firings of federal government ...

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Spending at US retailers last month was much weaker than expected, in a troubling sign that the American shopper could be starting to tap out. Retail sales rose 0.2% in February from the prior ...

Retail sales rose modestly last month, offering reassurances that while consumer spending has slowed this year, it hasn’t buckled. Sales edged up a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in February from the ...

Disappointing retail sales last month added to concerns of a pullback in consumer spending in the US, while a pair of business surveys suggested growing caution. Retail sales rose by less than ...

President Trump rescinded 19 executive orders, directives and regulations signed by President Joe Biden, including some related to gender, climate change and labor practices. Some of the Biden-era ...