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Real Estate

Metros with the most mortgage-burdened homeowners

A man calculating his mortgage

How to pass a rental credit check successfully

Young professional having a headache at work.

The most in-demand skills and jobs for 2025

A business team having a meeting at the office.

The WNBA isn’t just having a moment, it’s a major growth opportunity for small businesses

Fans looking at the merchandise in the team store before the game between the New York Liberty and the Indiana Fever at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indiana.

Personal Finance

Should I ditch my credit card for BNPL?

Smartphone showing Buy Now, Pay Later apps.

Business & Economy

Business & Economy

How technology is preventing cargo theft, the quiet crime costing billions

Different modes of transportation for logistics or import and export.

Business & Economy

How moving companies can satisfy arbitration requirements

Long moving truck on a highway.

Business & Economy

Invoice processing: How it works, benefits, and best practices

Worker sealing "paid" sign on an invoice document.

Business & Economy

‘Build, baby, build’: A guide to Canada’s efforts to fast-track pipelines and mines

Pieces of the Trans Mountain Pipeline project sit in a storage lot outside of Hope, British Columbia, Canada.

Business & Economy

What collection debt looks like in America: A mid-year look

Young couple looking at each other with a serious expression while going through financial documents.

Careers

Where travel nurses earn the most and least: Pay trends by state and specialty

A travel nurse putting her bag in the trunk of her car.

The Future Workforce Index: Evolving talent trends in 2025 and beyond

Worker in a modern office smiling while using a laptop.

The evolution of design thinking: From products to problem-solving across industries

A young graphic designer at work in office.

ChatGPT has the answers. Great leaders have the questions

Problem-solving concept illustrated with halftone collage of two hands holding a lightbulb and a question mark.

The most in-demand skills and jobs for 2025

A business team having a meeting at the office.

Education

To tackle chronic absenteeism, this high school lets students lead

Group phot of mentors and mentees at H.D. Woodson’s Attendance Pep Squad who met with community partners to learn how to build a stronger school culture.

As movement grows, microschools aren’t so ‘micro’ anymore

Volunteer Gae Bryant, right, works on a drawing exercise with two students in the K-2 class at The Ferguson School, a microschool that meets in an Atlanta-area church.

Education

Best big college towns in America

The University of Texas at San Antonio Marching Band performing at the Battle of Flowers Parade.

Financial literacy in America: Why the knowledge gap still costs us

Balancing a checkbook with U.S. bills and calculator and bills visible on a table.

AI skeptic creates chatbot to help teachers design classes

Human hand shaking robot hand, symbolizing human-robot collaboration and technology.

Real Estate

Why new-home prices are falling in summer 2025 – and where buyers can find deals now

For sale sign in front of a house.

How credit scores are shaping the 2025 housing market

Figure of a house made of paper with credit report letters and cash around it.

Top 20 US places where homes sell fastest

Person looking at the details of a house online.

When tenants have a right to counsel in eviction cases, but there aren’t enough lawyers to help

A desk with a judge's gavel on the left, a pile of books with the spines facing away from the camera and a blue book standing upright titled "Landlord Tenant Law" in gold letters.

How to pass a rental credit check successfully

Young professional having a headache at work.

Education

The decline of the college-educated American man

Young man stands in dark street in front of a shop.

Personal Finance

Guide to the average savings in America by age

Small figures representing humans and different points in life on top of coins representing their typical amount of income and savings.

Real Estate

How much do property managers charge, anyway?

A couple inspects the kitchen of an apartment with a property manager.

Careers

How artificial intelligence is transforming HR departments

An older woman with short silver hair is looking at the woman sitting opposite her. She is wearing a dark blazer over a white blouse. She sits at a desk with various office items like a tablet, papers, and a desktop computer visible. On the right, there is another individual seen from behind.

Small Business

Do I need Workers' Comp for myself?

Employer and worker sitting at a wooden table talking.

Money

Experian study: Average U.S. consumer debt and statistics

Conceptual image of borrowing money where small figures of hands are on top of US dollar bills.

Transportation

The most dangerous roads for speeding

A truck along with other vehicles passing by the I-10 in Arizona.

Careers

How a 4-day workweek could reduce burnout without hurting productivity

Business people leaving from their office building.

Business & Economy

Cities with the most people working from home

Woman working from home with an adjustable desk standing next to a fitness ball.

Small Business

Nearly 40% of restaurant owners lack business insurance coverage for extreme weather

Friends eating in a restaurant in winter