Economic News

An industry focused on death faces an existential crisis

The small, family run companies that make traditional memorialization products like gravestones are facing the dual challenges of tariffs and cremation.

Black Friday Spending Hit Record $11.8B, Up 9%

American shoppers spent a record $11.8 billion online on Black Friday, up 9.1% from last year, final data from Adobe Analytics showed.

France's Pasteur Institute: Bird Flu Could Risk Pandemic Worse Than COVID If it Mutates

The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France's Pasteur Institute respiratory infections center said.