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Real Estate

Metros with the most mortgage-burdened homeowners

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What’s the right amount of AI when hiring?

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Personal Finance

Who is checking your credit? More people than you realize

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Business & Economy

How can you identify hidden behavioral health costs, and why does it matter?

A stressed young black woman with her hands over her face at work.

Keep the heat on: Why your insurer cites negligence to deny frozen pipe claims

Heavy snow destroys as it accumulated on a home's drainage system.

Business & Economy

Business & Economy

How can you identify hidden behavioral health costs, and why does it matter?

A stressed young black woman with her hands over her face at work.

Business & Economy

Micro-retirements are on the rise. Here's what HR leaders need to know

Group of three sitting at a table at work. Man in the middle is laughing and holding a pencil and two women are on either side of him.

Business & Economy

Poll shows business leaders eager for AI agents in customer experience, but challenges stall adoption

A futuristic digital AI interface.

Business & Economy

Awaiting the Fed’s next move? Watch 10-year T-notes

Workers paint an eagle statue on the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, DC.

Business & Economy

Protecting your business from credit card fraud

A male small business owner feeling stressful while reading finance documents.

Careers

10 hidden cities where your career could take off in 2026

View of the Rotterdam city skyline over the Nieuwe Maas River during twilight in Netherlands.

Careers

The 50 highest-earning 2-year degrees

What top marketing job candidates really want

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The new corporate rat race: Who can look the busiest

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Do degrees still matter?

A business woman hanging a framed diploma.

Education

Education

Public schooling is best in these US cities

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Education

The top 50 party schools in America

Chuks Amaechi #41 of the Georgia Bulldogs celebrates with fans after the game against the Missouri Tigers on October 17, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Cheating beyond ChatGPT: Agentic browsers present risks to universities

A classroom equipped with computers inside Spring Hill College's Library Building in Mobile, Alabama.

Education

Best colleges in big cities

Columbia university campus aerial view.

Education

20 best colleges on the East Coast

A Saybrook College building at Yale University.

Real Estate

Cities where housing is most and least affordable for residents

Aerial view of downtown El Paso in Texas at dusk.

Where investors are buying houses in 2025

A view of waterfront homes in Boothbay Harbor in Maine.

Predicting the 25 hottest-selling real estate markets in 2026

A modern, luxury home with a wide lawn in a Northwestern residential neighborhood in the US.

States where home prices are dropping the fastest

A view of West Palm Beach's skyline in Florida.

Six-figure incomes now required to afford a home in majority of top US cities

Woman with bright red hair explores property listings through a window while standing in front of a real estate display in a vibrant urban area.

Transportation

5 surprising trends in car prices: What every buyer needs to know for Fall 2024

A lot where new and used cars for sale are parked.

Transportation

How to sell a car privately in 10 steps

Picture of a car for sale being taken using a smartphone.

Small Business

How to apply for and get a business credit card in 3 easy steps

A closeup view of a pile of different types of sample business cards.

Transportation

Autonomous vehicles: How safe are they?

An autonomous car on the road with a display showing how it detects nearby cars and their movements.

Small Business

Corporate Transparency Act deadline looms: It's OK for small businesses to ask for help

A professional stacking piles of business documents and reports.

Education

76% of teachers say strict cell phone bans boost student engagement: A closer look at classroom policies

Young student using cell phone under a desk during class.

Money

From gold watches to luxury bags: Why some people are buying wearable investments

Gold Rolex watch with Hermes Birkin and Hermes Kelly handbags.

Education

After the homeschooling spike post-pandemic, where is the fastest-growing form of education headed?

Two people sitting together at a table, both smiling warmly as they look at a laptop screen. The person on the left is a younger African American girl wearing a yellow long-sleeved shirt, looking at the laptop with a bright, happy expression. The person on the right, an African American woman, has her hair styled in a natural updo and is wearing a cozy-looking, textured sweater.

Business & Economy

5 tips for sustainably decorating your home

A living room with a modern gray couch and wood decor elements.

Business & Economy

Here's how the rise in e-commerce is impacting America's truck drivers

A large semi-truck driving along a highway in a rural area.