Consumerist economies are increasingly geared to supply happiness rather than subsistence or even affluence, and a chorus of voices is now calling for a replacement of GDP measurements with happiness statistics as the basic economic yardstick. Politics …

… competition. Americans lack real choices among providers of high-speed Internet service, the chairman of the FCC said Thursday. … For the most affluent 10 percent of US families, average incomes rose by 10 percent from 2010 to 2013. For the rest …

But after 17 years of sweat in the food service industry, the couple's dream has taken a nightmarish turn. … Increased development could put a damper on the reclusive nature of the affluent area north of Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

Increased outsourcing of municipal services and unprecedented cuts in city worker pension and health care benefits will be combined with a sharp increase in tax collections and the introduction of service fees for Detroit's mostly low-income population …

Despite all the lip service Barack Obama and Kay Hagan pay to "making things better for the Middle Class" a new study by the Federal Reserve shows that the only faction that has gotten better off under Obama is the richest of Americans. … "Data from …

Jesuit, an all-boys Catholic school in the affluent Sacramento neighborhood of Carmichael, entered the Delta League in the fall of 1976, and until its last season in the league in 1987, was always an opponent the Honkers circled on the schedule.

In other developed countries with some form of national health system, primary care physicians dominate the scene, because with their training and skill set they can take care of the vast majority of patients and make informed judgments about when …

In addition to the supermarket building, the block consists of other retail properties and a freestanding building leased to the U.S. Postal Service. Tenants include Dunkin' Donuts, Panache Salon, Chillybear Custom Printing and Design, Sound Beach Food …

Most of the customers for his family business, which produces smoked meats in the village, are in affluent southern England. Many Scots feel their First Minister, Alex … Would it affect their care in the National Health Service? Over the course of …