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Real Estate

Metros with the most mortgage-burdened homeowners

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AI in procurement: Top benefits, use cases, and best practices

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AI is disrupting the workforce from the bottom up, and faster than you might think

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Personal Finance

How to achieve a perfect credit score, and why you don't really need it

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Business & Economy

How to do data enrichment the right way

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Business & Economy

Business & Economy

How to do data enrichment the right way

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Business & Economy

How the new tax law could impact your ecommerce business

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Business & Economy

How much should I keep in my business checking account?

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Business & Economy

Income management guide: Tips for achieving financial success

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Business & Economy

Container shipping rates surge $800-$900 amid carrier rate increases

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Careers

What is an AI generalist—and why does your business need one?

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Instead of cutting jobs, AI adoption is fueling startup hiring

Professionals lined up sitting for a job interview.

What Gen Z really wants at work (Hint: It’s not a ping-pong table)

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The Great Shift: How Gen Z is reshaping the future of nursing

Two young female nurses having coffee after work.

AI is disrupting the workforce from the bottom up, and faster than you might think

Focus shot on a young male entrepreneur working in an office.

Education

‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Education research staggered by Trump cuts

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Coalition hopes to ‘accelerate’ career training, apprenticeships

Indianapolis student Danny Bonila works as a lab technician at Plastic Recycling Inc.

10 ways to save on back-to-school shopping

A young woman choosing school supplies at a supermarket.

Survey: 60% of teachers used AI this year and saved up to 6 hours of work a week

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What is contributing to rising college costs?

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Real Estate

Real Estate

Best county to raise a family in every state

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Accessing the hidden value in your home: Why 2025 is the year to act

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Real Estate

Best places to live in the Midwest

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How to prepare to buy a home in the next five years

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Real Estate

Best places to raise a family in the Midwest

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Money

Average student loan payments to top $200 once resumed

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Business & Economy

The cost of gold the year you were born

A man instructs a boy panning for gold at a 'Pan Your Own Gold' panning booth, costing 25 cents, with all proceeds going to the Western Mining Council, which promotes mining in Plumas County, California, circa 1950.

Money

Most common causes of health data breaches in the last three months

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Money

Best and worst states for small businesses

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Real Estate

5 ways homeowners can get ready for peak selling season

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Education

How schools and students are bridging the digital divide when technology isn't universally accessible

A student walks outside a high school with a backpack.

Business & Economy

Richest self-made women in America

Diane Hendricks speaks during the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024.

Business & Economy

Keeping kids safe in cars: A look at booster seat safety stats

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Education

How college admissions have changed in the last 80 years

The Gothic campus of the University of Chicago

Money

Retail card balances rise 6.5% to $118.9 billion in 2022

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