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The customer who costs you more than they pay

Revenue says they're a good account. Your calendar says otherwise. Here's how to price what they actually take from you, and what to do about it.

GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawNov 2, 20266 min

A 100,000-ton ship floats and a pebble sinks

Weight has nothing to do with it. What decides sink or float is how much matter each atom brings and how tightly it's packed.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideReal EstateRay OkonkwoNov 2, 20266 min

Sellers don't pick the highest offer. They pick the safest.

When five families want the same house, the winner is often the offer least likely to fall apart. Here's how to build that one without overpaying.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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Retirement5 min read

The three years before Medicare are a budget line of their own

Retire at 62 and nobody hands you an insurance card. Here's how to price the 36 months before Medicare, and the sign-up mistake that follows you for life.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideCryptoRay OkonkwoNov 2, 20265 min

Your exchange got hacked. Whose coins are gone?

Sometimes the exchange eats the loss. Sometimes you do. The difference is written in terms you probably clicked past.

GuideTravelDean ShawNov 2, 20265 min

Teenagers don't want the plaque. Give them the field.

A fifteen-year-old will stand through a ranger talk if he's walking someone's actual steps. Here's how to build a battlefield trip around that.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

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GuideMedia LiteracyMarcus ValeNov 2, 20266 min

The headline says one thing. Paragraph nine says another.

Most readers stop after the headline. Here's a five-minute method for catching the ones the story itself doesn't support, whoever they favor.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideSide HustlesRay OkonkwoNov 2, 20266 min

Furniture Assembly Pays Fine Until the Wardrobe Shows Up

Busy families will pay to skip the Allen key. Here's what the work earns, what it costs you to start, and where one big job quietly wrecks your hourly rate.

GuideHealthCal BrennanNov 2, 20266 min

The Knee That Aches on Stairs Isn't Done Yet

Stiff, sore joints without an arthritis diagnosis are a window, not a sentence. What slows them down is mostly unglamorous and mostly free.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoNov 2, 20265 min

Match the hire to the shape of the work, not your budget

Full-time, part-time or contract: the answer is on your calendar, not in your bank account. Four questions that settle it before you post the job.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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NewsNewsBRO DeskNov 2, 20261 min

Sen. Chris Murphy reported awake and alert after stroke at son's hockey game

The senator suffered a stroke while attending a family sporting event, and early word on his condition is reassuring.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawNov 2, 20265 min

A dead battery isn't empty. It's finished falling.

Your battery never held a tank of electricity. It held chemistry that wanted to react, and a dead one is just a battery where the reaction ran out of road.