The Commerce Department on Friday is launching the application process for cities to receive a total of $500 million in grants to become technology hubs. The $500 million is part of a $10 billion authorization from last year's CHIPS and Science Act.... Read More
Wholesale prices in the United States rose modestly last month, the latest sign that inflationary pressures may be easing more than a year after the Federal Reserve unleashed an aggressive campaign of steadily higher interest rates.... Read More
Consumer prices in the United States rose again in April, and measures of underlying inflation stayed high, a sign that further declines in inflation are likely to be slow and bumpy. Prices increased 0.4% from March to April, the government said Wednesday.... Read More
An Indiana agency says the state’s gasoline tax will go up by one cent this summer under an annual increase that Republican legislators voted recently to extend. The fuel tax that goes toward infrastructure projects currently rings in at 33 cents a gallon.... Read More
Bedding provider Tempur Sealy, which has a growing presence in Indiana, has agreed to acquire Mattress Firm in a cash-and stock-transaction valued at about $4 billion. Mattress Firm operates more than 2,300 retail locations and an e-commerce platform. ... Read More
A worker died after being injured at an Amazon warehouse in Fort Wayne in an incident that closed the facility for the rest of the day Monday, authorities said. The death is under investigation, but additional details were not immediately released.... Read More
The Indianapolis Colts want other NFL teams to know they consider contacting former quarterback Andrew Luck or his representatives to be tampering. Team owner Jim Irsay made it clear in a Twitter post late Sunday night.... Read More
America’s employers added a healthy 253,000 jobs in April, evidence of a labor market that still shows surprising resilience despite rising interest rates, chronically high inflation and a banking crisis that could weaken the economy.... Read More
A bipartisan group of two dozen lawmakers is asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to put the brakes on an initial public offering by Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein until it verifies it does not use forced labor from the country’s predominantly Muslim Uyghur population.... Read More
An Indiana law that requires abortion clinics to either bury or cremate fetal remains will remain in effect after the U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to consider a lawsuit challenging it. The court gave no explanation for its decision.... Read More
