Developers who want to build apartments near public transit stations are in luck as the Biden administration opens up billions in new loans

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The Wyandanch Village apartment complex adjacent to the Wyandanch, New York, Long Island Rail Road station is show in this aerial photograph on September 12, 2023. It is one example of transit orientated development on Long Island.
An apartment complex adjacent to the Long Island Rail Road station in Wyandanch, New York is one example of transit-oriented development.

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An Australian couple bought land on an Indonesian island and built a luxury hotel. Here's how they did it.

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Daniel and Jess Baldock.

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From barbers to firefighters, the most AI-proof jobs are blue collar

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Jobs like nursing, plumbing, and hair-cutting will be safe from AI. And certain blue-collar industries are even booming.

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How limestone kilns are slowly killing entire families in Pakistan

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Thousands of workers in southern Pakistan spend their lives mining and cooking limestone. The process releases plumes of toxic smoke, polluting the environment and poisoning workers.

Homebuilder confidence drops to the lowest in 10 months as high mortgage rates freeze the housing market

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Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes rose four points to 35 in January, according to the National Association of Homebuilders.

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A key barometer of economic health is flashing more warning signs for China's economy

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Property projects under go construction in downtown area on July 9, 2007 in Chongqing Municipality, China.

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The CEO of a construction-tech startup that reports a 12% drop in injuries on sites using its wearable smart badges says 5G is the future of IoT tech

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Kwant's smart badge and construction workers wearing the badges.

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Britain has a new big problem: crumbling concrete in schools, hospitals, airports, and theaters

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Park View School in London has buildings affected by the issues with RAAC concrete.
Park View School in London has buildings affected by the issues with RAAC concrete.

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TSMC's Arizona plant is delayed over poor management, not a shortage of US skilled labor, the workers building it say

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TSMC's chair, Mark Liu, and workers on-site in Phoenix.

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A construction company could face over $260,000 in fines after a 23-year-old was killed by a crane collapse

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OSHA has proposed $262,977 of fines against the construction contractor.

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