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Cookie Studio / Shutterstock.comThere are certain purchases that buyers tend to regret. No, that doesn’t mean everyone: There are plenty of happy boat and hot tub owners out there, and surely more than a few people count their timeshare property as a true delight. But when faced with one of…
Workers are retrospectively adding AI skills to their LinkedIn profiles — while remote-work and DEI language is falling out of favor.That is the finding of a new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, which analyzed monthly snapshots of 29.4 million US LinkedIn profiles.Nearly a fifth of those accounts had…
About a month ago, my husband took off for the weekend to celebrate his best friend’s birthday without me. He didn’t expect me to accompany him, nor was I sad at the thought of not joining him.In fact, I’d already made my own weekend plans, including dinner with a friend…
Hindsight costs nothing, but in retirement, it can feel like it costs everything. A handful of decisions made years earlier determine whether your later years offer comfort or constant financial stress. When researchers ask retirees what they would do differently, a clear pattern of regret emerges. These are not stories…
After years of layoffs, businesses are hiring more software engineers — but the rebound is spread unevenly.As of the first quarter of this year, nearly 70% of US software development job postings on Indeed were for senior-level roles, rather than mid- or entry-level. That’s up from 55% in early 2019.Of…
After doing tie-ins with iconic scary movie characters like Chucky and M3gan, Coca-Cola’s Fanta wants to make some spooky personas of its own.Ahead of Halloween, the soda brand is introducing four characters as part of a kickoff to what it’s calling Fanta’s Haunted Universe, which it describes as a collection…
There’s a special kind of dread that hits when your car makes a noise it’s never made before. You know the one. That grinding, clunking whine that translates straight into dollar signs. I’ve bought a lot of cars over the years, and here’s what I’ve learned: Reliability isn’t a luxury…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tamara Hancock, who lives in the greater Phoenix area — one of the first areas to have access to Amazon’s Prime Air drone delivery service, which is expanding to 500 US cities by the end of the year. She’s used the…
Consultants are having an identity crisis.AI’s arrival has raised questions about the value consultants provide. And while people have always questioned what consultants actually do, the AI era has magnified the issue.Consultants are rebranding themselves and overhauling how they pitch their services to clients. It’s led to the rise of…
Housing affordability is at a crisis low. You’ve read that headline a hundred times. Incomes have to rise or home prices have to crash to return to the housing affordability levels pre-COVID. It’s true if you measure a home in dollars earned. It is not true at all if you…
