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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

A modern car's analog speedometer.

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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

Senior male professional engaged in an intense conversation with coworker.

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Careers

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

Health care staff having a standing meeting.

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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

Conceptual illustration showing a mother and her child facing a background of scribbles.

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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

Best cities to ride out a recession

A distant view of the Denver skyline.

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Money

How machine learning and new AI technologies could change the cybersecurity landscape

Two cybersecurity specialists walking through a data center.

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Business & Economy

Sports betting accounts for 20% of all gambling in the US. What makes up the other 80%?

Player with two aces in casino.

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Money

4 charts that show used car prices are not returning to normal any time soon

An orange Volkswagen among a line of used cars.

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Real Estate

The price of a house the year you turned 25

Couple standing in front of a house with a "For Sale" sign, circa 1978.

Business & Economy

How much capital funding do small business owners need? Here's an industry breakdown

Small business owners using laptop in restaurant.

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Real Estate

15 major cities where homebuyers can have the upper hand

A distant view of the Pittsburgh skyline.

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Business & Economy

How technology could help restaurants streamline amid continuing staffing crisis

Robot waiters bringing orders to guests alongside people.

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Business & Economy

Homebuyers are leaving big cities for affordability—here's where they're going and how much they're saving

Family unloading boxes in front of suburban home.

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Business & Economy

10 side hustles you can launch yourself

Side view of a young woman riding her bike in a city.

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