Matt Ott

Associated Press

A 'now hiring' sign is posted in Garnet Valley, Pa., Monday, May 10, 2021. Applications for unemployment benefits inched down last week, Thursday, April 21, 2022, as the total number of Americans collecting aid fell to its lowest level in more than 50 years.

More Americans Apply for Jobless Aid Last Week

Still, workers are experiencing historically strong job security.

EV Maker Crashes After Disclosing SEC Subpoena

It dragged much of the EV sector down with it.

This Nov. 14, 2018, file photo shows a Rivian R1T at Rivian headquarters in Plymouth, Mich. Shares in Rivian Automotive are set to trade publicly on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, and the world should get a better idea of just how hot investors are for the electric vehicle market.

With High-Profile Backers, EV Startup Rivian Goes Public

Rivian would have a market value of $66.5 billion.

Autonomous Vehicle Maker Secures $600M for Expansion

Nuro also signed a five-year partnership with Google Cloud to support the development of the autonomous delivery vehicles.

Lumber is piled at a housing construction site, Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Middleton, Mass. Home construction in the U.S. rose a strong 6.3% in June, another big swing in what has been an up-and-down year so far.

U.S. Home Construction Jumps 6.3% in June

Home construction starts rose 12.6% in the West and 9.7% in the South.

A Cruise AV autonomous Bolt EV in Detroit, Jan. 16, 2019.

GM Teams with Microsoft on Driverless Cars

The partnership will help accelerate the rollout of electric, self-driving cars.

In this Nov. 4, 2019 file photo, John Deere tractors made by Deere & Company are shown as they are readied for export to Asia at the Port of Tacoma in Tacoma, Wash. The U.S. trade deficit fell in September 2020 after hitting a 14-year high in August as exports outpaced imports. The Commerce Department reported, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, the gap between what the U.S. sells and what it buys abroad fell to 63.9 billion in September, a decline of 4.7% from a $67 billion deficit in August.

US Trade Deficit Falls to $63.9B in September

Year-to-date, the goods and services deficit has jumped $38.5 billion, or 8.6%.

In this Nov. 26, 2019, file photo a man carries a television while shopping ahead of Black Friday at a Best Buy in Henderson, Nev. On Monday, Dec. 23, the Commerce Department releases its November report on durable goods.

Durable Goods Falls 2%

Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods fell by the largest amount in six months.

In this Nov. 4, 2019, file photo John Deere tractors made by Deere & Company are shown as they are readied for export to Asia at the Port of Tacoma in Tacoma, WA Deere & Co. reports earns on Wednesday, Nov. 27.

Unease on the Farm Dims Deere's 2020 Outlook

The company on Wednesday cited uncertainty from trade wars and other issues that have led farmers to pull back on machinery purchases.

In this Nov. 9 file photo, a woman looks through holiday wreaths on sale at a retail store during in Pembroke Pines, FL.

Consumer Confidence Still High Despite Nov. Decline

Consumers’ feelings about the present economic conditions also regressed slightly, but their short-term expectations for the future rose.

In this Nov. 4 photo, barista Porter Hahn makes an iced coffee drink for a customer in a coffee shop in Seattle.

US Services Companies Growth Rebounds in Oct.

The service sector, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, has been expanding for 117 straight months.

Grubhub Stock Plunges

Grubhub, UberEats, DoorDash and PostMates are fighting over a growing, yet diminutive slice of the restaurant market.