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Real Estate

Metros with the most mortgage-burdened homeowners

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Best housing markets for first-time homebuyers

Aerial view of the residential neighborhoods in Cape Coral, Florida.

First-time homebuyer guide: Every step detailed from budgeting to close

A young female homeowner holding up the keys to her house.

Where and why Americans are moving in 2025

A moving truck parked on a residential street in Sunnyvale, California.

Business & Economy

How in-store shopping has changed over the last 75 years

A smiling woman in a store, holding a bottle with a pump and looking at her phone.

Business & Economy

Business & Economy

How in-store shopping has changed over the last 75 years

A smiling woman in a store, holding a bottle with a pump and looking at her phone.

Business & Economy

Retail labor plans fall short on the front line, survey finds

Small business owner changes store sign to closed.

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

States that stand to be the most impacted by tariffs

Map of U.S rendered in blue with financial candlestick chart overlaid on top illustrating concept of state economies.

Business & Economy

How AI is transforming manufacturing industries

A factory optimizes digitalization where workers are working on high-tech equipment.

Careers

5 key global hiring trends to watch

An employee working from home in a videocall session with the CEO and other employees.

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

Worker in a modern office smiling while using a laptop.

Which skills are the most valuable in an AI-powered world of work?

A group of software engineers working using their laptops.

Education

AI skeptic creates chatbot to help teachers design classes

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

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.

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.

Student absences have surged since COVID-19. Some lawmakers say parents should be jailed

A school chair behind bars.

Study from math learning platform shows difficulty in motivating teachers to change behaviors

Person holding smartphone with lots of message alert icons superimposed on the screen, with laptop in the background.

Real Estate

First-time homebuyer guide: Every step detailed from budgeting to close

A young female homeowner holding up the keys to her house.

Where and why Americans are moving in 2025

A moving truck parked on a residential street in Sunnyvale, California.

Saving sinking homes

Schoolchildren play on melting ice at the climate change affected Yupik village of Napakiak on the Yukon Delta in Alaska on April 18, 2019.

Here’s how US tariffs may affect home prices in 2025

Single family homes under construction.

Best housing markets for first-time homebuyers

Aerial view of the residential neighborhoods in Cape Coral, Florida.

Money

LDS Church's investment approach: No flash but plenty of cash

The Church Administration Building is photographed in downtown Salt Lake City.

Small Business

4 ways to check if a business name is taken

African American female consultant using touchpad while her clients are in the background in the office.

Personal Finance

Survey: Gig workers face financial challenges but remain optimistic

A food delivery rider looking at tasks on phone.

Business & Economy

Can AI make human resources more personal? Many HR leaders seem to think so.

An applicant is interviewed by a board of four HR professionals.

Business & Economy

'Upskilling' programs spread as employers try to retain top talent

Woman and a whiteboard in office for training.

Education

When it comes to choosing a college major, how much influence do parents have on students?

A mother helping her son with paperwork.

Small Business

How to build and get business credit

Conceptual image of business finance showing a city, money and growing charts.

Transportation

As Americans use less gas, these states are still guzzling

A dark-colored sedan being filled up at a gas station.

Transportation

The deadliest intersections in the U.S. Midwest

Median at sunset in Sedalia.

Transportation

The deadliest intersections in the Western United States

A multi-car accident in an intersection in Inglewood, CA.