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CommentaryAmerica needs a new vision for road travel
BYBill Hornbuckle
FinanceAmerican manufacturing just slumped to its lowest level in 3 years. Jefferies says the sector is ‘still mired in recession’
BYWill Daniel
Personal FinanceThe 5th price increase since 2019 for Postal Service forever stamps means they’re growing faster than the inflation rate
BYThe Associated Press
Personal FinanceStudent loan borrowers say the death of Biden’s forgiveness plan is a blow to the middle class: The debt is ‘like being shackled’
BYAlicia Adamczyk
CommentaryTwo-thirds of the U.S. is at risk of power outages this summer—but it’s not stopping Americans from electrifying everything in their homes
BYChris Hopper
PoliticsYou make America’s highest minimum wage if you live in West Hollywood: $19.08 an hour
BYThe Associated Press
Personal FinanceNasdaq had its best ever first-half of the year with a nearly 40% gain propelled by Big Tech and A.I. hype
BYRita Nazareth and Bloomberg
Personal FinanceYou could have a second shot at student loan forgiveness—Biden has a Plan B after the Supreme Court blocked his original program
BYAlicia Adamczyk
CommentaryNBA draftees’ high income doesn’t equal wealth. Here are the unique challenges that await them
BYNicole Pullen Ross
Personal FinanceStudent loan borrowers with refunds might have to pay all the money back
BYAlicia Adamczyk
Personal FinanceStudent debt forgiveness is dead, but Biden’s most transformative loan policy is still in play: ‘Paying off college debt is going to be substantially easier’
BYAlicia Adamczyk
Personal FinanceSupreme Court blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, which would have wiped out $400 billion in debt
BYAlicia Adamczyk
FinanceThere’s a $75 trillion reason the economy won’t crash into a recession, top economist says: Baby boomers’ pent-up net worth
BYWill Daniel
SuccessNFL star Travis Kelce chooses to be ‘underpaid’— and it’s a lesson anyone looking to job hop should remember
BYOrianna Rosa Royle
FinanceMississippi farms pay $850,000 in back wages and fines for paying local Black workers less than immigrants
BYEmily Wagster Pettus and The Associated Press
Personal FinanceCongress has the authority to forgive student loans but won’t do it, says a government professor: ‘It’s wrapped up with the image of Joe Biden’
BYAlicia Adamczyk
SuccessThe 80–95% rule: Why not giving your all in a new job could actually make you more successful
BYOrianna Rosa Royle
Personal FinanceMost Gen Zers and millennials say they still rely on their parents for money, and they carry a lot of shame about it
BYChloe Berger
FinanceSmall businesses’ ‘COVID suit of armor’ is helping them defy the odds amid consistent predictions of an imminent recession
BYWill Daniel
FinanceA recession indicator that predicted every downturn since 1969 started flashing months ago—and a Wall Street veteran warns it always works on a delay
BYWill Daniel
CommentaryGen Zers are turning to ‘radical rest,’ delusional thinking, and self-indulgence as they struggle to cope with late-stage capitalism
BYMolly Barth
Personal FinanceMuch of the $1.8 trillion in student debt won’t ever be repaid, nonpartisan research organization says. ‘The government is poised to take a bath on its student loan portfolio’
BYAlicia Adamczyk
LeadershipForget ‘quiet quitting’. Now frustrated employees are ‘loud quitting’—and the resignation trend is even worse for business leaders
BYOrianna Rosa Royle
Personal FinanceA landlord who wrote a Destiny’s Child hit says her retirement is ruined: ‘This was my entire plan, and I’ve just kind of watched it go up in smoke’
BYJanie Har and The Associated Press
Personal FinanceA couple who retired early with $4.3 million say the FIRE lifestyle is wearing thin: ‘We don’t want to just keep throwing money on the pile and keep being cheap’
BYChloe Berger
CommentaryAmerica’s education system is failing–but a growing school choice movement believes it has the solution
BYHanna Skandera
CommentaryWhich houses get stuck sitting on the market? Home condition makes the difference
BYAmit Arora
FinanceBillionaire CEO Barry Sternlicht admits he was ‘a little early’ with his recession calls. ‘I did not understand the strength of the consumer’
BYWill Daniel
Personal FinanceGen X is ‘generation anxious’ about retirement—they think they need at least $1.5 million to make a go of it
BYAlicia Adamczyk
Personal Finance‘DINK’—double income, no kids—couples say being child-free makes them richer and more successful, even if it means putting up with judgement
BYEleanor Pringle

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