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Real Estate

Metros with the most mortgage-burdened homeowners

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It's back-to-school time: Home maintenance for busy families

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Business & Economy

Why business automation won't be optional in 2026

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7 scholarships students should consider applying for before 2025 ends

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Personal Finance

The child tax credit is changing. Here’s what it means for your family.

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Business & Economy

Business & Economy

Why business automation won't be optional in 2026

A business employee using a small time hourglass beside a laptop.

Business & Economy

Hiring globally? Key considerations for choosing where to hire

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Business & Economy

What is AI automation, and how can your business use it?

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Business & Economy

6 best practices for sending bulk emails

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Business & Economy

Why your AI-generated content sounds like everyone else's and 4 ways to fix it

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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

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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

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AI is disrupting the workforce from the bottom up, and faster than you might think

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Education

7 scholarships students should consider applying for before 2025 ends

A student browsing the FAFSA website on a laptop.

Vouchers are booming, but lack of rural private schools that accept them means students miss out

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Mastering the college application process

A male student using a desktop computer for application tasks.

‘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.

Real Estate

Real Estate

Best places to raise a family in the West

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Real Estate

Best suburbs to live in America

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Real Estate

10 of the most expensive states to live in

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What’s the average house price in the USA?

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It's back-to-school time: Home maintenance for busy families

Parents prepare food as their children play around the kitchen.

Education

These are the hardest AP classes to pass

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Small Business

12 cost-cutting strategies that can improve a small business owner's bottom line

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Careers

What careers do a master's degree in psychology qualify you for?

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Real Estate

10 U.S. cities that saw the biggest annual rent increases and drops over one year

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Business & Economy

How AI can—and can't—boost efficiency for programmers

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Education

Demand for sustainability, AI, and equity and inclusion courses are on the rise globally among prospective business students

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Money

Gen Z is averaging higher credit scores than millennials: Is it financial competence or just good timing?

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Small Business

Quitting your job to start a business? Here's advice from 4 successful entrepreneurs who have been there

Simileoluwa Adebajo wears a shirt from her business Eko Kitchen and holds a plate of food, standing in front of white background.

Business & Economy

Cashiers vs. digital ordering: What do people want, and at what cost?

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Business & Economy

Do business credit cards affect your personal credit score?

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