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Real Estate

Metros with the most mortgage-burdened homeowners

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Personal Finance

When it makes sense to refinance a personal loan

Senior couple at home reviewing finances.

Personal Finance

How to be debt-free by retirement

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What are the most common types of procurement?

Two businessmen discussing strategy with accounting documents on their table.

Workplace summer safety tips: 12 hot weather risks for small businesses

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Business & Economy

Business & Economy

How small businesses are navigating rising uncertainty in 2025

Cafe small business owners planning budget and other business concerns.

Business & Economy

The self-service revolution: How kiosks are reshaping fast-casual dining

Customer using a digital menu to choose their food and pay electronically.

Business & Economy

Getting an H-1B visa is like winning the lottery — here’s how the program works

Stamp of an H1B worker's visa on a passport.

Business & Economy

DEI isn’t dead: See the companies standing behind inclusion

Shoppers enter a Costco Wholesale store in Peoria, Arizona.

Business & Economy

What 100,000 frontline workers taught us about a $600B problem

Sick man wrapped into blanket sitting on sofa in front of table with papers while staying at home.

Careers

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.

Love your job? You’re more likely to be a manager

Satisfied woman happily sitting at work with her hands behind her head.

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

A young graphic designer at work in office.

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

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The most in-demand skills and jobs for 2025

A business team having a meeting at the office.

Education

AI skeptic creates chatbot to help teachers design classes

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

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.

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.

Real Estate

Aging homes, rising prices: The 10 cities with the oldest houses in the U.S.

Wooden houses in the industrial suburb of Buffalo, NY, USA.

10 worst states to be a landlord (avoid these risky markets)

Anxious landlord rubbing eyes while looking at documents.

6 of the best cities for 55+ homebuyers in 2025 and where demand is cooling

Atlanta, Georgia, USA overlooking Piedmont Park at dusk.

How a home warranty protects your home, even if you have home insurance

A home owner inspecting the kitchen range hood and a cat is beside the stove.

Renting vs. buying: How housing costs compare across America

Aerial view of the Phoenix suburbs in Surprise, Arizona.

Real Estate

Where people are doing most home renovations

Aerial view of Milwaukee east side looking towards the University Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Business & Economy

Why more businesses are offering loyalty programs

Pile of advantage loyalty shopping cards.

Money

What is an ICHRA? A guide to individual coverage HRAs

A stethoscope on top of healthcare insurance costs and reimbursement documents.

Money

The do's and don'ts of engagement ring shopping

Woman trying on a diamond engagement ring.

Education

Rhode Island and California get an A in Sex Ed: See how other states stack up in new study

A high school classroom with teacher and students.

Personal Finance

39 passive income ideas to help you make money in 2024

Person holding a phone with money, a figure of a house and savings around to represent passive income.

Small Business

Expense policy best practices

An accountant working on receipt documentation using software.

Business & Economy

Why the AI-ification of workplaces may move slower than we think

People in suits ascending staircase with AI-generated sky and butterflies on the horizon.

Education

Left powerless: Non-English–speaking parents denied vital translation services

Conceptual illustration showing a mother and her child facing a background of scribbles.

Transportation

Check out the 10 cheapest hybrid cars of 2024

Close-up of a modern electric plug-in hybrid car getting charged at a station.