Are you wondering what trade deficits are and what all the hoopla is about regarding President Donald Trump's trade war? Here are some terms and facts to help you understand. A trade imbalance is ...

Take, for example, trade. The U.S. ran a $293 billion trade surplus in services in 2024, but disruptions to companies that provide software services place headwinds on this surplus. Anytime AI systems ...

I thought the surplus electronics market in Dallas was a byproduct of local manufacturing, after all we have some heavy hitters in our back yard: Texas Instruments, Maxim (Dallas Semiconductor), ST ...

China's trade surplus for September 2025 totaled $90.45 billion. Although this result came in below analyst expectations of $98.96 billion, it marks an increase over the $81.69 billion recorded in ...

Amrita Bhasin, cofounder and CEO at Sotira, a B2B startup that uses AI to help brands and retailers resell surplus inventory into secondary markets. Surplus inventory is a hidden, but costly, crisis.

A budget surplus is typically a good thing to have. A surplus refers to the excess revenues a business or government agency has after it has completed its budget. The surplus funds can then be ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), licensed realtor and educator with over ...

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Once or twice a month, Wangi Mugenyi parks his secondhand pickup at the city of Seattle surplus warehouse in the Sodo neighborhood, where the city sells its various castoffs, and searches for his next ...