WASHINGTON — The U.S. government starts phasing out paper checks for most programs on Tuesday. The change, which was initiated through an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in March, ...

Millions of people still prefer a paper check for federal income tax refunds. But President Trump signed an executive order to stop paper checks.

Refillable, tank-style inkjet printers now rival laser models on price, flipping the old script on cheap printing. Considering cost and five other important factors, we break down which printer type ...

Baroudy recalls suppressing his excitement, feigning disappointment as he paid $1,200. Upon his return to the UAE, he sold them for ten times that amount and partly reinvested the earnings in buying a ...

The late, great economist and historian of the Federal Reserve, Allan Meltzer – whose three-volume history of the Fed stands alone as a magisterial, meticulous analysis of Fed decision making &n ...

This is systematic behaviour of both the yellow and white metals, and history has demonstrated that Gold always leads the way, before Silver comes charging from behind the pack and eventually catches ...

UAlbany Anthropologist Robert M. Rosenswig's recent paper reevaluates theories of money through the way tally sticks have been used across multiple cultures, including Maya. Credit: Justin Kerr/Justin ...

Every autumn in Goleta brings the Lemon Festival. It’s a two day event that is said to celebrate the once thriving lemon industry in Goleta. Today lemon orchards are few and far between, but the ...

When we picture the history of money, many imagine barter leading naturally to coins, then paper bills, then cards and digital balances. But new research led by University at Albany Anthropology ...

The largest denominations of U.S currency are far greater than the $100 bill. However, you're not going to see them in circulation.

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.