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Real Estate

Metros with the most mortgage-burdened homeowners

A man calculating his mortgage

Personal Finance

What is debt-to-income ratio and how does it affect you?

Icons representing money and debt on opposite sides of a line, balancing on a wallet symbolizing income on a flourescent yellow background, with a white post it saying "Debt to Income Ratio."

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

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AI skeptic creates chatbot to help teachers design classes

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What are the most common types of procurement?

Two businessmen discussing strategy with accounting documents on their table.

Business & Economy

Business & Economy

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

Small business owner changes store sign to closed.

Business & Economy

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

Shoppers enter a Costco Wholesale store in Peoria, Arizona.

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

How small businesses are navigating rising uncertainty in 2025

Cafe small business owners planning budget and other business concerns.

Business & Economy

Summer business energy strategies to impact your bottom line

A large printing business for newspapers and magazines and their paper rolls and offset printing machines.

Careers

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

A young graphic designer at work in office.

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.

Knowing when it's time to talk to an employment attorney

An employee handbook and a cup of coffee in front a work computer keyboard.

5 key global hiring trends to watch

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

Education

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.

AI skeptic creates chatbot to help teachers design classes

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

Teen tech trends and school cellphone bans

A Yondr pouch which holds and locks smartphones.

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

A school chair behind bars.

Education

Students at this law school get a firsthand look at a 'broken' immigration law system

Graphic showing a visa page with the text "United States of America, Permanent Resident" and a USA flag in the background.

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.

Renting vs. buying: How housing costs compare across America

Aerial view of the Phoenix suburbs in Surprise, Arizona.

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

Atlanta, Georgia, USA overlooking Piedmont Park at dusk.

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

Anxious landlord rubbing eyes while looking at documents.

The renter suburb: Renters outnumber owners in 203 suburbs in largest US metros

A row of double story suburban homes.

Education

America's college-aged population is declining. Universities will have to make cuts.

A young woman is seated at a desk. She wears glasses and a casual outfit, with a notebook, pen, and an open book on her desk. In the background, other students are seated in rows.

Business & Economy

Where income increased most across the US

A focus on Pine Hills, Florida on a U.S. map.

Business & Economy

Where income has declined most nationwide

An aerial view of the Water Tower Comeford Park in Marysville, Washington.

Small Business

The 10 best small business grants for women (2025)

Two young women entrepreneurs who own a small clothing business happily looking at their laptop.

Transportation

Another car-sharing startup is dead. Why is car sharing so difficult?

A black car used for the car-sharing app "Gig Car Share".

Education

Being 'bad at math' is a pervasive concept. Can it be banished from schools?

A young girl answering a mathematical exercise using the board in front of a class.

Business & Economy

How weight loss could tip America's economic scales

People running on treadmills at a health club.

Money

Landlords are using AI to raise rents—and cities are starting to push back

Photo illustration showing elements of company software that landlords use to set prices.

Personal Finance

It takes $5.8M to be part of the 1% in the US. Here's where in the world wealth is more achievable.

A yacht on the water lit up at night.

Transportation

The safest cars in 2025

A red 2025 Toyota Prius on the road.