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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

Child learning to ride bicycle with help of her parents.

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.

Business & Economy

The impact of recent and prospective tax law changes: What you need to know

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Small Business

Invoice reconciliation: How to reconcile invoices and identify discrepancies

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Small Business

Why employee well-being needs a simpler approach

A woman at work reading bad news from email and her colleague is holding her for support.

Real Estate

When big property managers give independent landlords a bad name

A view from the street of a residential urban housing area in Los Angeles, California.

Small Business

7 fastest-growing business trends in retail and e-commerce

Two happy businesswomen preparing orders for e-commerce company.

Small Business

The definitive guide to indirect procurement

A woman managing logistics and using a laptop in a warehouse.

Transportation

Why this state's dangerous drivers get to keep their licenses

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Careers

Tech and the city: 2025's best places in the US for women in tech

A woman working from home with a laptop and separate monitor equipment showing tech-related interface.

Money

Americans have the most student loan debt in these states

A view of the skyline during dawn over the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland.