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  Since the S&P 500 was introduced in its modern form, US equities have experienced dozens of corrections, crashes, and bear markets. Some declines lasted only a few weeks before markets rebounded, while others erased years of gains and required nearly a decade to fully recover. Yet despite the differences in their causes, severity, and

  Economic growth can change a city quickly. An influx of new residents and expanding business activity creates visible momentum, even as rapid change brings new strains. In recent years, some American cities stand out for attracting people, investment and development at a pace that sets them apart. Boomtown status does not mean growth benefits

  Every year, someone in finance asks whether the company’s AI spend is worth it. Every year, leadership says yes. And every year, the employees actually using the tools have no idea the question was even asked. Now, corporate America is starting to sweat over its AI bill. Microsoft canceled most of its Claude Code

  There’s no way around it: America is getting older. The country’s median age climbed to a record-high 39.4 in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates, up from 35.6 in 2001. Almost one-third of Americans are over the age of 55, compared with roughly a quarter of the population in 2010. It would

  Teams evaluating CRM solutions typically follow a similar process, including assessing features, pricing, and integrations, booking a demo, and testing through a free trial. A key component that’s often overlooked is whether the company behind the CRM will be the same or better a few years down the line. The worldwide CRM software market

  The US job market is showing signs of stabilization after several years of uneven hiring and uncertainty, according to a new Q3 job forecast. Published in a job market report from professional services company Toptal, the forecast projects conditions for several key areas of the U.S. labor market: all nonfarm job openings, professional services

  Every June, for some industries, a familiar pattern emerges. Phones seem to ring less often. Invoices start to stretch. Decision-makers seemingly vanish, their joyful “out of office” replies taking their place. During the summer, B2B companies may notice a slump in sales that stretches beyond just a few months, resulting in major long-term consequences

  Eight years ago, GDPR became enforceable across the European Union. The first two years were quiet enough that plenty of organizations took the silence as a sign the urgency had been overstated. Then came Google’s 50 million euro fine in 2019 and Meta’s record-breaking 1.2 billion euro fine in 2023. The organizations that had

  For years, the warning has been the same: AI is coming for jobs. But the data from businesses actually using it shows otherwise. Small businesses using AI are four times more likely to say it helped them hire than say it led to cuts, according to the 2026 AI Impact Report from Intuit QuickBooks.