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The new year—and the return of the Trump administration to the White House—could bring all kinds of changes to the workplace. The president-elect is likely to reverse some of the wins of the Biden...
View ArticleU.S. streamgages cover less than 1% of waterways. Expansion is key for faster...
Flooding is one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters in the U.S., causing billions of dollars in damage each year. In 2024 alone, floods destroyed homes in over a dozen states and claimed...
View ArticleJob search 2025: 3 key ways AI will make an impact on recruitment
Logging onto LinkedIn, your feed is likely full of “Open to Work” profiles and posts about the struggle of finding a job in today’s market. Your LinkedIn inbox is probably a lot quieter with fewer...
View ArticleHow to handle these unpopular tactics used by health insurers
The U.S. has made great progress in getting more people insured since the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014. The share of uninsured Americans ages 18 to 64 fell from 18% before the ACA to 9.5%...
View ArticleThis new AI chatbot is your personal present-finding wizard
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View ArticleHow Bob Dylan’s genre-bending transformed modern music
The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, focuses on Dylan’s early 1960s transition from idiosyncratic singer of folk songs to internationally renowned singer-songwriter. As...
View Article4 hours, 100 artists, and one 26-minute flute song: this epic new album is in...
In 2024, the singer Sade released her first song in six years, Andre 3000 debuted a 26-minute flute song, and Sam Smith covered Sylvester’s “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”—and it was all for the same...
View ArticleColleges’ career outcome stats often omit the knowledge rate. Here’s what to...
When high school students and their families investigate which college is the best fit, they will inevitably be inundated with various facts and figures. Brochures and websites might highlight the...
View ArticleThis investor made a fortune during the 2008 housing crash. Here’s his take...
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Michael Zuber began building his rental property portfolio in Fresno, starting with...
View Article3 workplace trends that will define 2025
Coffee badging. The Great Stay. Revenge quitting. This year has seen no shortage of terms to describe the new ways we work. As 2024 comes to a close, Fast Company’s Work Life team has been thinking...
View ArticleThe 10 best ads of 2024 (plus, one that’s really bad)
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View ArticleThese were the top 10 fastest growing jobs of 2024
In 2024, the job market slowed. Tech layoffs continued: an estimated 100,000 jobs were lost according to Crunchbase News. While the unemployment remained low at 4.2% (for context, unemployment rates...
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View ArticleLoneliness is at an all-time high: Can the office save us?
With smartphones and social apps taking over, the way we connect with each other has totally changed. We’re always “on” and somehow still feeling alone. On top of that, with more of us working...
View Article‘The Container Store is here to stay,’ vows CEO in Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
Two weeks after its stock was suspended from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), The Container Store has become the latest embattled retailer to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Here’s the...
View ArticleHow a Nissan and Honda merger affects the auto industry
Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan will attempt to merge and create the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels....
View ArticleIRS is sending some taxpayers up to $1,400. Here’s what to know
Approximately one million taxpayers will automatically receive special payments of up to $1,400 from the IRS in the coming weeks. The money will be directly deposited into eligible people’s bank...
View ArticleHow digital transformation is reshaping energy systems
A balanced planet requires more energy with less carbon. The energy transition to a lower carbon future is arguably the largest and most significant challenge ever contemplated or attempted in the...
View ArticleRumble stock price soars to fresh highs after Tether invests in the YouTube...
Traders look like they’re ready to rumble today. Rumble, the YouTube alternative video-streaming platform that has become popular in right-wing circles, said on Friday that it has secured a $775...
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