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Real Estate

Metros with the most mortgage-burdened homeowners

A man calculating his mortgage

Personal Finance

IRS tax extension: The ultimate guide on what it means to extend your tax return

US tax forms 1040 and 4868.

Turn shipping and mailing data into cost savings with analytics

Data dashboard displayed on a laptop inside a warehouse.

Business & Economy

Sales tech stack ROI: What C-suite executives must fix now

Sales team collaborating in a modern open-plan office in a sales team meeting.

Personal Finance

Financial planning for 2026: Your Q1 action plan for goal-setting success

Businesspeople planning on paper in front of their laptop.s

Business & Economy

Business & Economy

Sales tech stack ROI: What C-suite executives must fix now

Sales team collaborating in a modern open-plan office in a sales team meeting.

Business & Economy

How to reduce senior care overtime costs with optimized nurse scheduling

A nurse assisting one of the elderly residents of a nursing home.

Business & Economy

Forecast: US white-collar and tech jobs may strengthen in Q1 2026

People walking and cycling around the Google headquarters.

Business & Economy

Transpacific market braces for Chinese New Year shutdown

Container ship passing through the Santa Barbara Channel with cargo en route to China from the Port of Los Angeles.

Business & Economy

AI for feedback without fear: A trust-and-compliance checklist for HR teams

An AI recruitment software graphic over a businessman using a tablet.

Careers

Why leaders are working more and leading less

A businessman illustrated with multiple arms and hands as a concept of multitasking.

Planning life after high school isn’t easy: 4 tips for students and their families

An illustration of a graduation concept, with a five students outside a school with a lightbulb and three arrows pointing in different paths.

Remote job market still strong despite return-to-office mandates

A woman using a laptop working from home.

New year, new job offer: How to make sense of your equity award package

A female jobseeker opening an application with a 'congratulations' message using a laptop.

GTM engineer: A high-impact career to consider in 2026

Software engineer working on coding a project.

Education

11 numbers that capture the Trump effect on education

: Protestors participating in a 'study-in' in front of the US Department of Education building on March 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

How education changed in one year under Trump

US President, Donald Trump, displaying a signed executive order aimed at closing the Education Department during an event at the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

AI tutors, with a little human help, offer ‘reliable’ instruction, study finds

Concept of AI-powered tutoring illustrated with a person dressed professionally that looks like a teacher whispering from behind toward a robot's head.

Is interest in a 4-year college degree drying up? Not really.

Students walking through Dickson Plaza by the Royce Hall on the UCLA campus in Westwood, California.

Will federal tax-credit scholarships help public school students?

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media after the House passed the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' at the U.S. Capitol on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Real Estate

The most neighborly cities in the US

A rooftop view of a suburban neighborhood in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Diverse, younger, ready to buy: Inside the demographic trends set to drive housing demand

People's hand holding tiny models of houses.

How to screen tenants fairly and stay compliant as a small landlord

A young woman checking cabinets of an apartment with a female real estate agent.

These 10 job markets are setting the stage for strong housing demand in 2026

A view of the French Quarter section in Charleston, South Carolina.

Average rent prices are falling across key US cities

The Gaslamp Quarter neighborhood in San Diego, California.

Business & Economy

Fashion Week 2026: How fashion styles the economy

Models walking the runway.

Business & Economy

How gas prices have changed in the U.S. in the last week Jan. 5, 2026

Personal Finance

What financial resolutions should you be making for 2026?

A desk calendar for 2026 with a target icon on top of a laptop among other office desk items.

Make home maintenance your New Year's resolution: 9 DIYs for 2026

Man changing a folded dirty air filter of an HVAC system.

Personal Finance

SpaceX’s market share in the commercial space launch industry: What investors need to know

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida.

Personal Finance

States that will benefit most from Trump accounts based on birth projections

A newborn baby sleeping in a hospital crib.

Mercedes-Benz GLE vs. Lexus RX

Side-by-side by photos of a Mercedes-Benz GLE and Lexus RX driving on a road.

Personal Finance

Want to save more money this year? Put it on your calendar

A young woman sitting on the floor of a living room, holding a credit card and browsing her smartphone.

Business & Economy

9 top customer service challenges — and how to overcome them

Customer support operators in their office.

Business & Economy

What revenue operations actually need to know about dialer software

A row of female customer service representatives taking calls in their office.