Consumer sentiment fell more than 10% in the last month, and according to the University of Michigan’s latest consumer survey, it’s the fourth straight month of decline. “Sentiment has now lost more than 30% since December 2024 amid growing worries about trade war developments that have ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains. “I’m looking at something to help some of the car companies with it,” ...

KINGSFORD — When Joshua Nordstrom was looking for a name for his tattoo studio, he turned to the dictionary and thesaurus. “I was looking for something that was not already taken and I did not want to copy someone else, so I looked for a long time,” Nordstrom said. “Finally I found ...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks jumped Friday in another manic day on Wall Street, while the falling value of the U.S. dollar and other swings in financial markets suggested fear is still high about escalations in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China. The S&P 500 rallied 1.8%, ...

U.S. egg prices increased again last month to reach a new record-high of $6.23 per dozen despite President Donald Trump's predictions, a drop in wholesale prices and no egg farms having bird flu outbreaks. The increase reported Thursday in the Consumer Price Index means consumers and ...

GRAND RAPIDS — The Michigan Small Business Development Center has promoted Daniel Yoder to the position of Upper Peninsula regional director. Yoder succeeds retiring director Laura Marohnic. He joined the Michigan SBDC in 2019 as a senior business consultant and was promoted to associate ...