Business

In 2008, Chicago's mayor decided to lease out the city's metered parking system — to privatize all 36,000 of its parking meters.

Congressional forecasters have lowered their projection for U.S. population growth over the next decade by 7 million people as a result of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown as well as falling birth rates.

Oil companies and their shareholders may benefit from President Trump's military action in Venezuela — but it also could benefit many other U.S. investors.

While Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's ouster came as a surprise to most, a better on the Polymarket crypto platform made $400,000 in profits in a series of wagers, the last coming just hours before the U.S. operation began.

Crude prices are low. Companies are being cautious. But huge reserves — particularly of the heavy, viscous oil Venezuela has in abundance — remain appealing.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Benoît Morenne about how billionaire Paul Singer could benefit from the ousting of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro.

A golden phone that President Donald Trump's family business promised to release last year remains mysteriously under wraps as the technology industry serves up a glut of new gadgets at CES in Las Vegas this week.

Trump pledged to use proceeds from the sale of this oil "to benefit the people" of both countries.

Economists may have a pretty dismal record with predictions. But we're still interested in what they see in their non-existent crystal balls.

President Trump said that the country's decimated oil infrastructure will be rebuilt and start making money again.