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Managers who stew over work at night show up as worse bosses the next day

Managers who keep dwelling on work at night are worse leaders the next morning. Their teams lose the support and direction a boss should provide

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The 10 best U.S. cities to buy a newly built home in 2026, ranked

Buying newly constructed homes usually means paying a premium. Realtor.com found 10 cities where fresh listings rival resale prices

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The COVID vaccine's technology could finally fix the unreliable flu shot

An mRNA flu vaccine that updates close to season has finally been approved. Its speed means nothing until officials move a decades-old strain deadline

22.09.2026 10

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The sewers that traced COVID have been turned toward the nation's drug use

A disease-tracking sewage system has been repurposed for drug surveillance. No law stops officials from narrowing the readings to name residents

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Merck and Moderna's cancer vaccine works. Making it affordable is the next test

Merck and Moderna build a custom mRNA vaccine for each melanoma patient from tumor mutations. The strategy stumbles in cancers lacking enough targets

22.09.2026 10

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The free federal COVID program spawned today's home testing market

One home swab now tells a household which of four winter respiratory viruses is present. But it can miss real infections that a lab PCR would catch

22.09.2026 7

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Lonely workers don't need more events. They need a boss who shows up

Corporate events have done nothing to ease the loneliness inside offices. The real remedy rests with bosses whose quiet outreach wins little credit

22.09.2026 20

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How stores that pack online orders drain the life from a busy street

Big-box stores are shifting toward packing online orders instead of serving walk-in shoppers. Neighboring businesses end up losing the foot traffic

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How free two-day shipping became the baseline American shoppers expect

Amazon bet that shoppers would pay upfront for speed, and the data showed they bought more often. Rivals scrambled to acquire stores just to keep pace

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The 30-minute delivery order is often too small to ever turn a real profit

Shoppers now order single urgent items for quick delivery. Those tiny baskets rarely cover the cost of each rushed trip to the door

16.09.2026 6

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How DoorDash, Instacart, and Uber Eats became retail's delivery backbone

Three delivery apps turned other companies' store shelves into a shared same-day network. Thousands of retailers now pay for that reach

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Most workers won't get behind their company's next big restructuring

Companies run more restructurings than their workers can absorb. Cutting the priority list beats launching yet another initiative

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Leaders are measuring AI adoption and missing what it costs their teams

Employee judgment weakens when AI takes over analytical work. New hires also give up the task work that used to buid problem-solving skills

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Broadcom's record $29.6 billion quarterly revenue failed to impress Wall Street

The chipmaker's semiconductor solutions segment more than doubled year over year, driven by custom AI accelerator demand

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Dell is raising its full-year revenue outlook by $25 billion on AI server demand

The company now expects $192 billion in annual revenue and $74 billion from AI server sales, up from prior guidance of $167 billion

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Companies kill projects too fast for anyone to learn what went wrong

Most canceled projects never get a proper review. If teams skip the debriefs, they carry the same blind spots into their next assignment

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States can regulate prediction markets, court rules. A Supreme Court fight could be next

The 3-0 ruling creates a circuit split with a Third Circuit decision and sets up a likely Supreme Court showdown

28.08.2026 10

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Skipping health care to save money costs the U.S. billions more later

Unaffordable coverage is pushing Americans to forgo care they'd otherwise get. Untreated conditions add a lasting financial burden to the system

28.08.2026 10

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Obamacare beat its opponents for years. Now a flaw in its text could be its undoing

A hard income cutoff written into the Affordable Care Act resurfaced this year. Families just above the line now owe thousands more for coverage

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A million Americans dropped health coverage. Now everyone else is paying for it

Health insurance costs keep rising as healthier customers exit the marketplace. A decades-old collapse pattern is repeating in real time

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Insurers keep dropping Obamacare. Americans are running out of options

Cigna, Molina, and at least 10 other carriers will stop selling Obamacare plans, affecting hundreds of thousands of enrollees in more than 20 states

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A temporary COVID-era subsidy helped Americans afford health care. Then it vanished

Congress let enhanced ACA subsidies expire after months of political gridlock. Millions now face premiums they can no longer afford

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Salesforce raises its full-year revenue forecast as AI subscriptions near $4 billion

The software company reported $11.35 billion in second-quarter revenue and now expects $46.1 billion to $46.4 billion for the full year

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CrowdStrike posted a record quarter by selling security for the AI boom

The cybersecurity firm posted $1.47 billion in second-quarter revenue and raised its full-year revenue outlook to as much as $6.01 billion

26.08.2026 10

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Nvidia more than doubled revenue to $96 billion and expects 70% growth ahead

The chipmaker posted $96.2 billion in revenue for the quarter ended July 26, and guided for $108 billion in the current period

26.08.2026 10

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Calling workers back to the office after a bad quarter doesn't fix anything

Leaders tend to justify return-to-office mandates by promising stronger collaboration, but workers don't see much of a difference

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Batteries are quietly driving down evening electricity prices across the U.S.

Batteries have begun setting electricity prices once controlled by gas peaker plants. Wholesale power now costs less during the hours it used to be...

21.08.2026 20

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Data centers are using more electricity than anyone predicted. What happens next?

Data center construction ended two decades of flat U.S. electricity consumption. Utilities can't build the plants to serve them fast enough

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The world's battery boom depends on a supply chain that could snap at any time

Cheap batteries could lose their value proposition if mines can't produce the minerals they need. A shortage could upend whole industries

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5 U.S. states where wildfire risk to homes keeps climbing

Wildfire risk is spreading well beyond California's borders. Cotality's data shows exactly which states carry the heaviest exposure

20.08.2026 20

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The 5 best U.S. cities for house flipping, ranked by return

House flipping is paying off again after years of shrinking margins. ATTOM's data shows exactly where investors are cashing in this year

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The 5 riskiest U.S. counties to insure a home, ranked

Protecting a home from disaster is getting pricier across the U.S. Insurify's index reveals which counties face the highest risk and premiums

20.08.2026 20

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America's national debt just hit $40 trillion

Annual borrowing costs now surpass $2 trillion, as federal outlays continue to exceed what the government takes in

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Companies are hiring so many tech chiefs they can't decide who's in charge

Boards are stacking C-suites with AI chiefs who can't overrule each other. The resulting gridlock is stalling the projects they were hired to build

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Giving every American a stake in AI sounds great until you do the math

Plans to give Americans a stake in AI crumble against basic math. A public share without board representation offers money but no influence

17.08.2026 20

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The 'boomcession' is here. GDP is up and your paycheck is shrinking

Wages are losing ground to rising prices even as GDP grows and stocks climb. The workers left behind aren't showing up in the data that drives policy

17.08.2026 10

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AI is quietly killing the hourly billing model that built India's IT industry

India's outsourcing giants are booking bigger profits with fewer employees. Clients now insist on paying for results, not hours worked

17.08.2026 20

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Technology has promised to kill jobs for a century. Reality is more complicated

Each new wave of technology has sparked job-loss fears for different reasons. The initial shock wears off over time as jobs return in new forms

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The 5 U.S. cities where splitting rent with a roommate pays off most

Having a roommate in the right city can help balance your budget. StorageCafe found the places where splitting rent saves you the most money

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The 10 U.S. cities where neighbors volunteer and help each other most

A friendly block can make daily life easier. Redfin ranked the U.S. cities where neighbors help each other most

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CoreWeave's revenue and losses both doubled, and its stock rose 11% after hours

The AI cloud company posted $2.58 billion in second-quarter revenue but net losses widened to $626 million as debt financing costs climbed

11.08.2026 20

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Super Micro just guided for more sales than Wall Street thought possible

The AI server maker projects $65 billion to $72 billion in fiscal 2027 revenue, well above the $54.4 billion analysts had expected

11.08.2026 10

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The 5 cities with the biggest economic growth in the U.S. right now

Some American cities are growing at a pace most places never reach. SmartAsset found one small city outpacing hundreds of others nationwide

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AI rollouts help the strongest employees and quietly harm the weakest ones

Most leaders expect AI to lift all employees equally. It actually boosts strong performers and actively harms struggling workers

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5 U.S. states where a starter home is still within reach — and 5 where it isn't

Buying a first home means different things depending on where you live. LendingTree found the share who can afford one ranges from 62% to 17%

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These are the 10 hottest ZIP codes for homebuyers in the U.S. right now

Home shoppers are paying more for space and a manageable commute. Realtor.com ranked the 10 ZIP codes where that trade is winning out

10.08.2026 20

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Saving for a down payment now takes more than a decade in these 6 U.S. states

Home prices have pulled away from paychecks in every part of the country. SmartAsset found places where the wait to buy now stretches past a decade

10.08.2026 20

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7 U.S. cities where minimum wage can't get you a 1-bedroom apartment

Rent has outpaced minimum wage across the country. Best Interest Financial found seven cities where a full paycheck doesn't cover one apartment

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The best U.S. states for multigenerational living — and the worst

Many American houses aren't built to hold three generations. HouseCanary ranks the best and worst states for multigenerational living

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The 7 best U.S. cities for veterans and military families in 2026

A close-knit community matters for many military buyers. Veterans United ranks the seven best U.S. cities for veterans to call home

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