Home goods and apparel manufacturers: Consumers are voicing their concerns, according to the results of a cotton survey conducted by Harris Poll. With a new president focused on protecting products born in the U.S., consumers may be looking more closely at product origins, and could demand greater transparency.

Optimism among America's small businesses soared in December by the most since 1980 as expectations about the economy's prospects improved dramatically in the aftermath of the presidential election.

When I first moved to California in 1990, I was told by Stanford's campus housing people to keep an earthquake emergency box on hand at all times. Its contents included a radio, flashlights, warm clothes, medical supplies and a few other items. Later in Boston, I stuck with the idea, but added stuff suited to hurricanes, blizzards and extreme cold. After Sept. 11, the kit got still bigger - food, water, fuel, camping supplies, even weapons. It became known as the Anarchy Closet.

Lenovo Group Ltd. is the world's leading original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of personal computers. So why is it determined to overhaul the way it sells and markets product?

In his press conference last week, Donald Trump launched an attack on the pharmaceutical industry. He called for their manufacturing facilities to return to U.S. production.