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Real Estate

Metros with the most mortgage-burdened homeowners

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Personal Finance

7 options if you can’t pay your student loans

A confused young college student reading a debt letter.

Personal Finance

Is scamming illegal? What you should know about online scams.

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Spring survey: Consumers plan to buy cars despite costs

Personal Finance

How to protect your assets from nursing home costs

Elderly woman in a nursing home activity area.

Business & Economy

Business & Economy

Is there a leadership crisis brewing? Why leadership development programs are a must-have in 2025

A business team engaged in a discussion in a meeting room.

Business & Economy

Inside the 2025 global e-commerce shift: How DTC brands are navigating tariffs, rethinking fulfillment, investing in advertising and protecting profitability

A businesswoman speaking on the phone while using a laptop in her small business production area.

Business & Economy

What are the environmental benefits of using oil-free compressors?

A shop's showcase of new air compressors.

Business & Economy

Rocky Mountain coal mine in Alberta takes next step to expansion

Local activists rally during the 'Protect Our Water' protest against coal mining in the Eastern Slopes, held outside the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on January 25, 2025.

Business & Economy

What kinds of small businesses are doing the best?

Technician servicing a home air conditioning unit.

Careers

Balancing strollers and spreadsheets: Here are 2025’s top metros for working moms

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Careers

Best-paying U.S. cities for engineers, lawyers, doctors, teachers and more

Aerial view of San Francisco skyline in California during sunrise.

Careers

Fastest-growing jobs that pay over $100K

Industrial engineer wearing safety helmet in factory.

The state of salary transparency in healthcare and other industries

Custom collage graphic showing healthcare workers and colorful icons of health industry and salary symbols.

Knowing when it's time to talk to an employment attorney

An employee handbook and a cup of coffee in front a work computer keyboard.

Education

Education

Study: Teaching science and reading together yields double benefits for learning

Illustration showing figures of young people being on top of textbook pages.

Education

10 ways COVID changed American schools

A Connecticut kindergarden class social distances in October 2020.

Education

This project-based high school serving 30 districts has endured for nearly two decades with a focus on STEM

Tech Valley High School English teacher Catherine Eisele (center) leads an impromptu discussion with students during a class.

Education

Graduate of one of America's largest all-girls public high schools works to revive it

Engraving of the Biological Room at Philadelphia High School for Girls, Pennsylvania, circa 1848-1900.

Education

Nearly 1 in 5 NYC students are Asian American. Just 8% of teachers are.

Photo showing students in the Asian American Student Advocacy Project meeting.

Real Estate

Why more vacation rental hosts are becoming landlords

Daytime view of the exterior of Santorini, Greece-style buildings.

The 10 most affordable cities for renters who need childcare

Two families crossing a road along an apartment neighborhood.

How to start investing in real estate

Aerial view of contemporary, modern duplex multistory houses in the USA.

Real Estate

Median home values continue to climb; here's a state-by-state look

Aerial view of median single-family houses in a suburban neighborhood in Dallas, Texas.

Real Estate

Average HELOC balances surpassed $45,000 in 2024

A new wall and ground in construction for a modern extension of a house.

Small Business

How entrepreneurs are using AI to grow smarter in a slowing economy

Actor Walton Goggins posed in front of a workspace and a laptop.

Personal Finance

Homebuyer survey: How Americans are budgeting, saving, and getting to the close

A person using a laptop and calculator with a wooden figure of a house and coins beside him.

What fees should you pay with a new car?

Red toy car surrounded by four calculators and a red pencil sitting on top of U.S. currency to represent the fees required when purchasing a car.

Personal Finance

Understanding the backdoor Roth IRA—How it works and why you should consider it

Person holding up two notes with "backdoor" and "Roth IRA" written on each.

7 health insurance options to consider before leaving a job and coverage expires

Focused young businesswoman reading financial report document and using a laptop in the workplace.

Personal Finance

Salary needed to live comfortably in US cities

A family of four where parents are teaching their two kids how to save money in a piggybank.

Seasonal employment: 7 tips for small businesses hiring for the summer

Woman crouched on indoor pool deck facing group 11 swimming students in the water all looking toward her floating in aqua-colored water

Transportation

The latest trends in auto loan rates and financing for 2025

A car agent helps a woman look for a car to purchase.

How to tell the difference between defamation, slander, and libel

Senior man reading a newspaper in confusion.

Careers

Fastest-growing jobs that pay over $100K

Industrial engineer wearing safety helmet in factory.