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But former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan does not see a recession on the horizon, based on an indicator his firm constructed and tracks. “Right at the moment, that particular series shows we’re still deleveraging....

Retail troubles across the country have left malls looking like ghost towns, killed iconic brands like Toys “R” Us and shuttered stores along Fifth Avenue. And in a city where a good chunk of...

One of the questions specifically singled out SB 50, which would change the way that California cities zone near major transit hubs, like train stations and bus lines, to encourage taller and denser housing: “A...

Wiener offers the same basic solution for everyplace in this vast state of 58 counties and 482 cities, many of which are quite unique. Will the same tactics create significant amounts of new housing...

A Chicago developer who converted one of the oldest churches in Logan Square into apartments has put the property up for sale with a price of $4.5 million. Developer JAB Real Estate bought the 11,200-sq.-ft....

As marketers know, product improvement is a key driver of consumers’ decision to upgrade—the greater the improvement between the previous and new iPhone, the more likely consumers are to upgrade. At best, this encourages...

Unfortunately, there aren’t many vexing issues that can be resolved in an 850-word column or a 50-word email rebuttal. Most of California’s myriad “crises” have been years in the making, and they will take...

Unless you have sealed yourself off in a social media echo chamber, lies are easy to spot. Except, that is, when the lie is a big one. People hearing or reading big lies start...

Approaching the bonsai display, we heard high decibel rock music blasting, shattering the stillness of the park. Contractors had arrived in a large truck; the crew was erecting tents for a festival scheduled later...

Recently, in a rare moment, the Pennsylvania state party chairs, Democrat Nancy Patton Mills and Republican Val DiGigiorgio, agreed to participate in a student-organized forum on civil discourse and polarization on the campus of...

Now the Senate is stepping up. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Ida.) said he is making housing finance reforms a key focus area for the committee and released an outline he said any...

Oregon is on its final turn toward statewide rent control by legislative fiat. California landlords are just catching their breath after dodging the rent control bullet by referendum. Activists rarely rest, and they only...

Momentum is slowly building behind new rate designs that focus on customer costs and meeting system needs, but some say it’s too slow. Pilot programs have shown smartly designed residential time-of-use (TOU) and other time...

EIA’s report came days before the Chicago Weather Service warned that a period of extreme bitterly cold weather would affect the region. Cold winters have historically been associated with huge spikes in natural gas demand...

D.C. is restricting it. Florida might stop investing in it. New Orleans is trying to ban it completely. Across the country, legislators are not happy with Airbnb. Since it was founded in 2008, the short-term...