A millennial with a doctoral degree and over $250k in student-loan debt says she's been looking for a job for 4 years. She wishes she prioritized work experience over education.

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A. Rasberry has struggled to find a job in her field of study for the past four years after earning her doctorate in business administration.

A. Rasberry

Here's what's on Gen Z's 'micro-spending' wish list

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Sonny Angel dolls experienced a shortage in 2024 due to high demand from Gen Z consumers.

Sonny Angel

Mark Cuban was sleeping on the floor of a 'nasty' Dallas apartment less than a decade before he became a millionaire

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Mark Cuban spent months sleeping on an apartment floor in his 20s, he said.

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Florida's real-estate market is on edge amid back-to-back hurricanes

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Flooding from Hurricane Helene.

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Mojitos and an MRI: Meet the Americans who are getting health screenings on vacation

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When Josef Woodman's shoulder gave out in 2012 — strained from chopping firewood on his farm outside Chapel Hill, North Carolina — he said he was quoted between $2,400 and $3,200 for an MRI at Duke University Hospital.

Kevin O'Leary says the US needs to go 'DEFCON 19 against China' and break the country with heavy tariffs

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Kevin O'Leary called for the imposition of heavy tariffs on China during an interview with Fox News on Sunday.

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America's trade war is coming for Gen Z's favorites

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Gen Z could see higher prices in the coming years when they buy from Shein and Temu.

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Trump attacks Harris' economic plans, says she 'wants to feed people governmentally'

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Trump also said that the US has "got a lot of bad genes in our country right now."

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The Fed is done cutting rates this year as the 'phantom recession' is finally dead, market vet says

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A recession next year is now even less likely following the blowout jobs report, says Goldman Sachs

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