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Real Estate

Metros with the most mortgage-burdened homeowners

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Money

Non-mortgage debt balances are declining in 2024

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Money

Buyer beware: How to spot fake online shopping sites

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Small Business

Mileage reimbursement for businesses: What you need to know

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Business & Economy

Inside the fight against the counterfeit goods market, and how you can purchase wisely

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Business & Economy

Business & Economy

Inside the fight against the counterfeit goods market, and how you can purchase wisely

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Business & Economy

What is sustainable shopping? Here are 5 key facts ethically minded consumers need to know.

A woman shops at a zero-waste store.

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Business & Economy

Why more businesses are offering loyalty programs

Pile of advantage loyalty shopping cards.

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Business & Economy

Why the AI-ification of workplaces may move slower than we think

People in suits ascending staircase with AI-generated sky and butterflies on the horizon.

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Business & Economy

Can AI make human resources more personal? Many HR leaders seem to think so.

An applicant is interviewed by a board of four HR professionals.

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Careers

Careers

Meetings don't have to be painful. These 5 strategies can help teams stay engaged.

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Careers

Managers impact mental health as much as spouses—and other workplace well-being insights

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Careers

Health care will lead job creation over the next decade. These roles are expected to grow the most.

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Careers

These women-dominated, high-paying jobs are growing the fastest this decade

A woman in scrubs holding her hand in the air on a patio facing a city.

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Careers

As the US invests in infrastructure at record levels, construction workers may be hard to find

A construction worker wearing yellow hard hat kneeling down on metal rods at a construction site, focused on his task.

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Education

Education

Kids like free school meals. States are trying to reel in the costs.

Moises Gaspar chooses his lunch as he takes part in the nutrition program at Bradley Elementary school in East Boston.

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Education

As more public schools offer prekindergarten, a teacher shortage is slowing progress

A young male teacher sitting on the floor with a tambourine in his hand surrounded by young kids.

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Education

Rhode Island and California get an A in Sex Ed: See how other states stack up in new study

A high school classroom with teacher and students.

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Education

Left powerless: Non-English–speaking parents denied vital translation services

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Education

15% of public school students have disabilities. Resources to support them can vary dramatically

Teacher working with student at her desk.

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Real Estate

Real Estate

Younger homeowners are more likely to have home insurance dropped

A young woman looking up information on home contracts and insurance using a phone and a laptop.

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Real Estate

Where people are doing most home renovations

Aerial view of Milwaukee east side looking towards the University Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

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Real Estate

The top city everyone wants to move to in every state in 2024

Aerial view of Lake Sumter in The Villages, Florida.

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Real Estate

Where baby boomers are buying the most homes

A row of newly built homes in Raleigh, NC.

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Real Estate

Where people are moving to Texas from

Aerial view of Austin, Texas and its freeway system during sunset.

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Business & Economy

Cashiers vs. digital ordering: What do people want, and at what cost?

Cheerful cashier using a register for payment.

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Business & Economy

Do business credit cards affect your personal credit score?

Woman holds credit card with one hand while reviewing purchases in small business setting with packages behind her.

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Money

Credit card, car loans, and mortgage payments have all been rising in the US—and it's not just because of interest rate hikes

A couple looking at financial documents having a discussion.

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Education

The number of women leading US business schools is on the rise

A facade display of Upenn's Wharton School building.

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Small Business

Itching for a new venture? Here are the 20 best US metro areas to start a pest control business in 2024

Person wearing protective suit spraying chemicals in yard with plants.

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Business & Economy

Credit card reconciliation: How business owners can eliminate inflated costs and wasteful spending when tracking expenses

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Money

10 U.S. cities where living with a roommate can save you more than $700 a month

Three roommates share the kitchen, two cooking and one using a laptop at the table.

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Money

While demand for personal loans cooled in 2023, the average personal loan balance grew 6.3%

Woman holds smartphone in one hand while checking paperwork on table with the other.

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Business & Economy

How to track business expenses in 6 simple steps

A modern style collage of person sitting in chair working on laptop with visual elements of expenses and reports overhead; concept of tracking business expenses.

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Business & Economy

Is real estate actually a good investment?

A neighborhood of nice homes with apartment buildings under construction in the background.

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