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Credit cards are everywhere. Today, 76% of U.S. consumers own at least one-and 31% have four or more. Despite this, credit cards are still misunderstood by many retirees, even though...

The backlash against corporate ESG policies - or "woke capitalism" as some critics are branding it - may be seen within some companies as an excuse to relax already faltering efforts to promote diversity in their workforce.

Th...

It's never too early to begin thinking about retirement. For most of us, that means opening a retirement account or rejiggering our investments, but few appreciate the many benefits of getting an early start on designing the home in which we wa...

I have genuine respect for Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, but I think they are flat-out wrong to insist that workers return to the office full time.

This is bad for employees, and it's bad for business....

Posting salary ranges on job listings is the smart move for employers looking to attract stronger candidates and build a relationship based on mutual trust from the get-go.

One in five Americans live in a state that requires pay trans...

Technology giants Meta, Stripe and Lyft are laying off thousands. The Ukraine war is keeping gas prices near record highs and stoking geopolitical uncertainty. The Federal Reserve has jacked up interest rates to their highest level since 2008. Ec...

Organizational psychologists have watched Musk's restructuring of the social-media platform with dismay. Here's what leaders can learn from this imbroglio

It will be months before we understand the true impact of Elon...

Many commentators have applauded President Biden's recent move to cancel up to $20,000 of student debt for low- to middle-income borrowers.

One unintended side effect, however, has been a souring of public sentiment on student loans...

People hoping to break into the upper ranks of management often lament that it's a revolving door of the same old candidates. Not so.

The Great Resignation has thinned the ranks. An era of specialty has led to a shortage of experien...

My grandpa was dying of bone cancer, an especially gruesome way to go. He'd shriveled down to 85 pounds. The bathtub was one of the few things that brought him comfort.  

So there we sat in his final days as he talked about his...

If you've filled up on gas, bought a plane ticket or checked your grocery bill, you know that the fastest inflation in 40 years is biting hard.

Those soaring prices mean tougher decisions at check-out. For those of us who are alread...

Conventional wisdom says retirement should be a time of rest and relaxation. Yet there's a reason so many seniors mentally regress quickly after they stop working. If we're not mentally active, our brains tend to atrophy, inviting a greater c...

I recently had to install a new printer, and my first thought was to read the manual. My teenage son, of a generation born with phones in their hands, turned to YouTube instead. Guess who ended up installing that printer?

There's a...

Few would mourn the death of the traditional car-buying experience. The haggling and the I-have-to-talk-to-my-manager routine. The multi-hour wait for financing as you sit through sales pitches for extras like leather protection and roof racks. <...

Investors already know the obvious industries set to rise and fall with renewable energy.

Global investment in oil and gas is expected to grow only 2% a year in the coming decade - though there will be a short-term burst due to the...

The "Great Resignation" has defined the trend of U.S. workers quitting jobs at a record pace. But the future of work is being reshaped by the "Great Reimagination."

As employees are breaking out of the 9-to-5 paradigm, they in...

A strange thing is happening in Chicago's northern suburbs - fine-dining restaurants that previously wouldn't set foot outside of downtown are rushing to open up there.

Le Colonial, for years a downtown fixture and one of Chicag...

Picture yourself five years from now driving through a U.S. city.

What will be different? Despite widespread optimism that we'll all be driving Teslas and other electric vehicles, the reality is that most of the passenger vehicles a...

The gold rush is on for fashion re-sellers like The RealReal, Poshmark and ThredUp as consumers look for clothing that is sourced more sustainably than "fast fashion," which has been linked to poor foreign labor conditions and pollution.

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Anyone living in San Francisco or Seattle, where Teslas are a common sight, could be forgiven for believing that the electric-vehicle era is just around the corner.

Head out to the rest of the country, though, and the reality is more...