Elf on the Shelf figures are displayed at the company's studio Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Atlanta. Christa Pitts, founder and co-CEO of The Lumistella Company, which produces toys, books and other products under the Elf on the Shelf and Elf Pets brands, says her retail orders were covered 100% before the pandemic. Now, only 50% are covered, forcing her to rethink who she will sell to. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Companies

Suppliers reluctant to ship goods without credit insurance

U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 6, 2019. | REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Election

Hackers test defenses of Trump campaign websites ahead of U.S. election, security staff warn

Donald Trump (Photo: Agence France-Presse) | Joe Biden (Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg)
Election

Uncertainty dominates presidential campaign’s final stretch

In this Jan. 27, 2020 file photo a worker pushes a cart past refrigerators at a Home Depot store location in Boston. On Thursday, June 25, orders to American factories for big-ticket goods rebounded last month from a disastrous May as the U.S. economy began to slowly reopen. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Money

Orders for big-ticket US manufactured goods jumped 11.2%

Downtown San Jose | Photo: Todd Jacobson (Flickr)
Real Estate

Trepp Ranks the Top 21 Secondary Metro Areas for Commercial Real Estate Investment

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, students wear masks on campus at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. As more and more schools and businesses around the country get the OK to reopen, some college towns are moving in the opposite direction because of too much partying and too many COVID-19 infections among students. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
Education

College towns growing alarmed over outbreaks among students

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2020 file photo, shoppers walk through the Valley Mall in Halfway, Md. U.S. consumer confidence fell for second straight month in August as a resurgence of virus cases in many parts of the country heightened pessimism about the economy. (Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP, File)
Money

US consumer spending rose a moderate 1.9% in July

With the Washington Monument in the background, a crowd on the South Lawn of the White House watches the Republican National Convention as it plays on a screen on the fourth day of the convention, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Politics

What virus? At GOP’s convention, pandemic is largely ignored

Aerial Tallahassee. | Photo: The Workmans
Construction

City of Tallahassee looks to push back major construction to keep budget balanced

In this May 12, 2020 photo, a storefront displays “For Rent” signs in the window in the Red Hook neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Real Estate

Commercial Real Estate Executives See a Coronavirus Vaccine as Cure for Current Market Challenges

Pile of United States dollar USD banknotes. | Photo: Eugene Sergeev
Money

U.S. economy plunged an annualized 31.7% in second quarter

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