There are way too many real estate agents — and it's screwing over homebuyers

Tech Insider : Economy
Real estate agents run to get a deal on a house for sale.
A surplus of real-estate agents is bad for both the industry and regular home buyers and sellers.

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A glut of mediocre Realtors is screwing over homebuyers

War with China would be an 'onslaught' like the US hasn't faced in decades

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
A boxing match between China and the US.
Military and experts agree: the US is nowhere near ready for a war with China.

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Scorching temperatures are making delivery a dangerous job — and it's only getting worse

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A delivery man stands in the sweltering heat, delivering packages in a hostile neighborhood.
Amazon, FedEx, UPS, and USPS make millions of deliveries every day. Heat waves make the jobs behind those deliveries more dangerous.

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The weird and disastrous rise of generational warfare

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
A collage of different generations, from left to right, millennials, boomers, gen-z.
Gen Z hates boomers, everyone hates millennials, and no one thinks about Gen X. Why are we so obsessed with talking about generations?

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Every city in America looks exactly the same now

Tech Insider : Economy
A couple from the big city looks at a selection of small cities with notifications on them, vying for attention while all looking the same.
Remote work caused a flood of new arrivals to small and midsize cities. And now those cities all look the same.

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How every American city became exactly the same

Barbie is the star of the summer's hottest blockbuster. The much-hyped movie is the pinnacle of a 60-year history filled with rejections, lawsuits, and controversies for the world's most iconic doll.

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A chronological order of all the Barbies throughout history, ending with Margot Robbie in the Barbie movie.

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Gov. Wes Moore wants Democrats to deliver results. If he pulls it off, he could change Maryland for decades.

Tech Insider : Politics
Wes Moore speaks in front of Maryland. White stars dot the background.
Gov. Wes Moore, who ran for office as a first-time political candidate, is laser focused on his goal of ending child poverty in Maryland.

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