Business and Economic News

Trump plants seeds of rural revival with friendly farm audience
President Trump is unveiling a task force report on reviving rural prosperity at a Farm Bureau convention in Nashville Monday. Rural voters were a key part of Trump's winning election coalition.
Time to make the doughnuts free of artificial dyes, Dunkin' decides
Dunkin' Donuts had previously pledged to eliminate the dyes by the end of 2018, and is still working on its other menu items.
Sears, Kmart and Macy's will close more stores in 2018
2017 was bleak for retailers and 2018 is not starting off any better. Several major department stores, still hurting from declining sales, plan closures in locations nationwide.
4 things to know about the PolyMet mine
There are years of news to delve into with the PolyMet Mining saga, but here are four of the most important parts at play today.
FBI investigating Clinton Foundation corruption claims
The FBI is investigating whether the Clinton Foundation accepted donations in exchange for political favors while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state.
148,000 jobs added to U.S. economy in December
It's a sharp dropoff from the November result of more than 250,000 jobs. The unemployment rate was 4.1 percent, unchanged from November.
Marketplace's Senior economics contributor Chris Farrell spent the hour looking at potential changes to food and farming in 2018.
Companies in Iceland now required to demonstrate they pay men, women fairly
Pay discrimination was already illegal. But the country's new law, the first of its kind in the world, requires companies with 25 employees or more to certify that they pay employees without bias.