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Real Estate

Metros with the most mortgage-burdened homeowners

A man calculating his mortgage

Personal Finance

The Magnificent Seven makes up one-third of the S&P 500 – should investors be concerned?

A smartphone's app folder named 'Magnificent 7' and displays app icons of Google, Apple, Amazon, Meta, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Tesla.

Why influencer marketing is getting a reality check

Marisa Peters (2nd L) poses for a selfie with guests at the BE SEEN Gala on June 7, 2025 at Harriet's Rooftop in Los Angeles, California.

Personal Finance

The Avalanche Method vs. the Snowball Method: How to pay off debt

A couple shaking hands with a financial advisor.

Business & Economy

Poll shows business leaders eager for AI agents in customer experience, but challenges stall adoption

A futuristic digital AI interface.

Business & Economy

Business & Economy

Poll shows business leaders eager for AI agents in customer experience, but challenges stall adoption

A futuristic digital AI interface.

Business & Economy

Awaiting the Fed’s next move? Watch 10-year T-notes

Workers paint an eagle statue on the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, DC.

Business & Economy

Protecting your business from credit card fraud

A male small business owner feeling stressful while reading finance documents.

Business & Economy

How does AI-generated content perform in search and answer engines?

A conceptual illustration of Search Generative Experience or SGE.

Business & Economy

Cheapest gas stations in every state

Careers

Careers

The 50 highest-earning 2-year degrees

What top marketing job candidates really want

A young female marketing professional smiling at her phone while standing on an escalator.

The new corporate rat race: Who can look the busiest

Top view of a large business group around a table during a meeting.

Top states for contractors: Highest wages, most jobs, and booming construction

A skilled carpenter securing wooden panels using an electric power drill.

10 hidden cities where your career could take off in 2026

View of the Rotterdam city skyline over the Nieuwe Maas River during twilight in Netherlands.

Education

Cheating beyond ChatGPT: Agentic browsers present risks to universities

A classroom equipped with computers inside Spring Hill College's Library Building in Mobile, Alabama.

Education

Best colleges in big cities

Columbia university campus aerial view.

Education

20 best colleges on the East Coast

A Saybrook College building at Yale University.

Education

Most conservative colleges in America

Doak Walker Plaza and Armstrong Commons at Southern Methodist University, a private research university.

Inside the new laws putting cameras in America’s classrooms

A composite view of security cameras surveilling four different areas of a school including classrooms.

Real Estate

Where investors are buying houses in 2025

A view of waterfront homes in Boothbay Harbor in Maine.

Predicting the 25 hottest-selling real estate markets in 2026

A modern, luxury home with a wide lawn in a Northwestern residential neighborhood in the US.

States where home prices are dropping the fastest

A view of West Palm Beach's skyline in Florida.

Jobs report may be the last for a while: What this means for mortgage borrowers

Aerial view of a home under construction with workers present on site in San Rafael, California.

Cities where housing is most and least affordable for residents

Aerial view of downtown El Paso in Texas at dusk.

Money

Retirement, interrupted: Why those over 55 are a fast-growing segment of the workforce

Older woman working at a computer.

Business & Economy

Top 10 crypto disasters explained, and how to protect yourself

A physical representation of a bitcoin, with the B symbol prominently displayed in the center of the coin, in front of a background of a red, downward-trending line graph.

Personal Finance

How to deal with overdraft and a negative bank account

ATM receipt showing a failed transaction due to insufficient funds.

Business & Economy

The hidden costs of supply chain blind spots—and how AI can solve them

Import and export processes concept showing trains, trucks, a cargo ship and a plane.

Transportation

Electric and hybrid cars could hit 25% market share in the U.S. within two years

A lane of electric cars being charged on the side of a street.

Personal Finance

When to consider changing personal injury lawyers

A judge gavel beside a wooden injured figure as a concept of personal injury law.

Money

From oil changes to brake checks: 10 key maintenance tasks to keep your car running

A mechanic checking a car engine.

Business & Economy

The Great Wealth Transfer in 3 charts

A large family locking arms.

Personal Finance

Zelle drops standalone app: Now what?

Zelle app on a smartphone's screen.

Transportation

What do you need to buy a car? Follow this checklist

A woman choosing a new car in a dealership while an agent assists.