Design Awards Enable Aging in Place
Making homes suitable for elderly occupants is easy to describe, but it can be very expensive to do. The cheapest solution is to make homes senior-friendly when they are built, rather than trying to retrofit them.
What a 9.7 Percent Unemployment Rate Means
Despite economists' expectations that the unemployment rate would climb well into the economic recovery, the percentage of unemployed, job-seeking Americans fell 0.3 percentage point in January to 9.7 percent, its lowest point since August.
The Cities With the Fastest Internet Connections
One might think that the largest, densest cities in the United States are the places with the fastest connections, but that's not the case. Here are the top 10 American cities listed as “high broadband.”
Home Sales Stable After Tax-Credit 'Hangover'
A report "suggests that the hangover effect from the first-time home buyer tax credit is likely to be relatively limited and that sales will continue to recover throughout the spring," says Nomura Securities economist Zach Pandl.
Breaking Down Obama’s Budget
Perhaps the most obvious of financial truisms is that there's no such thing as a one-size-fits-all national budget. And with the economic forecast looking more incoherent than ever, it's also the most problematic of truisms for President Barack Obama and his $3.8 trillion spending plan for 2011.
America's Best Careers 2010
As these last two years of payroll slashing comes to an end, traumatized job seekers and anxious students wonder where on earth they'll find work—and if it will stick. U.S.News's 50 best careers should offer growth, good pay, varied educational requirements—because not everyone can go back to school for six years—and the hope of sustained opportunity.
