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Close up shot of sad worker in festive decorated office packing desk belongings on last day at work. Asian woman wearing xmas hat getting fired from job before Christmas holiday season, leaving
Economy

GDP data confirms the Gen Z nightmare: the era of jobless growth is here

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December 24, 2025
Apple CEO Tim Cook
Success

Apple CEO Tim Cook out-earns the average American’s salary in just 7 hours—to put that into context, he could buy a new $439,000 home in just 2 days

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December 12, 2025
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Real Estate

The ‘Great Housing Reset’ is coming: Income growth will outpace home-price growth in 2026, Redfin forecasts

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December 6, 2025
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Success

People making six-figure salaries used to be considered rich—now households earning nearly $200K a year aren’t considered upper-class in some states

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December 5, 2025
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Economy

Ford workers told their CEO ‘none of the young people want to work here.’ So Jim Farley took a page out of the founder’s playbook

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November 28, 2025
Gen Z spending
Success

Older generations bash Gen Z for ‘doom spending.’ But experts say there’s a good reason why people splurge when they’re young

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November 12, 2025
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Success

Gen Z wants to know what their coworkers earn—so they’re being more transparent about pay and shunning employers who hide salaries

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November 11, 2025
Recently laid off U.S. State Department employees walk out carrying boxes from the Harry S. Truman Federal Building on July 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Economy

‘October’s pace of job cutting was much higher than average’: Definitive layoff report reveals ‘DOGE impact’ on labor market

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November 6, 2025
Zohran Mamdani
Success

Zohran Mamdani is New York’s first millennial Mayor—experts share how the young leader’s style will differ from his boomer predecessors

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November 6, 2025
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Economy

S&P analysis of 9,000 companies worldwide finds the real cost of tariffs and other corporate costs: $1.2 trillion

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October 18, 2025
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Workplace Culture

Yes, you can still ask for a raise in an ugly job market—experts reveal when (and how) to do it

By Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated Press
October 16, 2025
Kaiser Permanente health care workers hold signs and chant slogans while on strike in front of the Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, in San Diego.
Health

31,000 Kaiser health workers just launched the largest strike in union’s history over pay and staffing

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October 15, 2025
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Success

Even workers earning more than $500,000 annually are living paycheck to paycheck—thanks to ‘lifestyle inflation,’ they’re continuing to splurge money they don’t have

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October 14, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on October 06, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Economy

Trump’s tariff-revenue checks could create a ‘weird feedback loop’ that encourages more price hikes, analyst says

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October 12, 2025
Ron Wyden
Personal Finance

Peter Thiel’s $5 billon tax-free account spurred a new 401(k) rule that now impacts high-earning Americans over 50

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September 25, 2025

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