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Real Estate

Metros with the most mortgage-burdened homeowners

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How to pass a rental credit check successfully

Young professional having a headache at work.

The most in-demand skills and jobs for 2025

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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?

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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

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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

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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.

Transportation

These U.S. cities can't let go of their cars

Cars driving on the roads of downtown Los Angeles, California.

Real Estate

How to advertise rental property: Marketing tips to find renters

An apartment owner taking a photo of the interior of their property for marketing.

Small Business

Tips for filing small business taxes for the first time

A female small business owner looking through receipts for tax filing.

Small Business

Types of company health benefits to offer employees

Conceptual illustration of a business and employee health insurance benefits.

Small Business

Cities with the most Black-owned businesses

A vendor in the artist market area takes a mobile payment from a customer during the AthFest music and arts festival.

Transportation

Ranking the most reliable SUVs

A green 2025 Chevrolet Trax on the road.

Money

The latest scams you need to be aware of in 2025

A phone receiving a call from an unknown entity.

Small Business

Do business credit cards affect your personal credit score?

A credit card being used for a transaction.

Real Estate

Minneapolis is the top city for renters to watch in 2025 amid Midwest–West battle for popularity

Aerial view of Minneapolis, Minnesota's downtown skyline with a view of the river.

Real Estate

What are the risks of using Zelle, Venmo, Cash, or Checks for rent payments?

Banknotes being counted before enclosing in an envelope for payment.