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How a 1031 Exchange Lets Landlords Defer Capital Gains Tax
The mechanics behind Section 1031: what property qualifies, the 45-day and 180-day clocks, and why a small landlord cannot act as their own intermediary.
CEO Exits Fall 26% as Firms Cut Management Layers Instead
Boards are keeping chief executives in place while companies strip out the management tier beneath them, new turnover and workforce data show.
Record $430 Million Weekend Tests AMC's Billion-Dollar Theater Bet
A historic industry-wide box office weekend, powered by premium-format sellouts, is the clearest evidence yet that theater chains' years of renovation spending are starting to pay off.
AI Dating Pushes Some Dead Sea Scrolls a Century Older
A new radiocarbon-and-machine-learning study puts several biblical manuscripts from Qumran closer to their authors' own lifetimes than paleography ever allowed.
How overdraft opt-in works, and what happens if you say no
A federal rule lets you block your bank from covering — and charging you for — one-time debit card and ATM overdrafts. Here's what your opt-in choice actually changes.
Rockland's event calendars, explained
There's no single site listing everything happening in Rockland County. The county keeps its own calendar, and Ramapo, Haverstraw, Orangetown, and Stony Point each run theirs a different way.
How Weekly Jobless Claims Numbers Get Made
The Labor Department's Thursday initial claims figure passes through two separate state filings and a federal seasonal-adjustment step before it reaches markets, and a related rate decides who gets extra weeks of benefits.
How Movie Review Scores Are Calculated, Explained: Tomatometer, Popcornmeter, and Metascore
The two numbers that follow every new release are built on different mechanisms — a threshold count on Rotten Tomatoes, a weighted average on Metacritic.
How Congress Counts Electoral Votes Under the Reformed Rules
The 2022 rewrite of the Electoral Count Act set a one-fifth objection threshold, named the state executive as the single certifying official, and made the presiding officer's role ministerial.
Armory Show pushes 2026 edition to late September, expands Caribbean focus
The fair's VIP preview moves to September 24 to avoid clashing with Frieze Seoul, with roughly 230 galleries and two new Caribbean-focused sections.
How a Card Chargeback Moves From Dispute to Final Decision
A chargeback pulls funds back from a merchant's account before any human at the business sees a complaint, and the clock the merchant is racing starts the moment the acquirer sends notice, not the moment the cardholder called.
The Polka Dot's Return: What Fall's Runways Actually Confirmed
Named for fall across four fashion capitals, the print is back on the runway calendar, but not everyone agrees on its mood.
What to Know About Dietary Fiber
What fiber is, what the intake figures from the Institute of Medicine, the FDA, and the WHO actually say, and what the largest evidence synthesis to date can and cannot show.
How a Continuing Resolution Actually Funds the Government
Congress has finished its full appropriations process on time only three times in 47 years, making stopgap spending bills the routine way agencies stay funded.
Laura Boswell Carves Her Print Blocks Away to Capture Scotland's Wild Coastline
The Dumfries and Galloway printmaker builds her landscapes in reduction linocut, a technique that destroys the block itself as each new layer of colour goes down.
What is a SIM swap attack, and how does it drain a crypto wallet?
A SIM swap hijacks your phone number, not your seed phrase — but for accounts protected only by a text message, that's often enough to unlock everything.
Women-owned businesses closed the small-loan gap. Venture funding didn't.
Small-business lending data from 2024 and venture funding data from 2025 show the financing gap for women entrepreneurs closing on one track and staying concentrated on the other.
How Much Freelance Book Editing Really Costs in 2026
8 cents a word, with copyediting and proofreading running lower — the numbers authors need before they hire an editor.
The Hiring Credit for Veterans and Job Seekers With Records Just Lapsed
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit has paid employers to hire veterans, people with disabilities, and workers with felony records for decades. As of January 1, 2026, it's in limbo — here's what still works.
What the Research Actually Says About Creatine
Decades of trials point to real strength and power gains from creatine monohydrate — but the effect size depends on who's taking it, and the kidney fears haven't held up.
Housekeeping on request: what opt-out cleaning actually does to a hotel's labor line
Most hotels now clean occupied rooms only when a guest asks. AHLA data shows why guests accepted it — and operators are still working out what it costs and saves.
What RTP Means on a Slot Machine, and What It Doesn't Promise
Return to Player is a long-run design number, not a promise to any one spin — here's how it's calculated, where regulators set legal minimums, and why a high RTP still doesn't guarantee a win.
What an SBA 7(a) Loan Really Costs Small Business Owners
Beyond the interest rate, the SBA's most popular loan program comes with an upfront guaranty fee and a separate annual service fee, and the agency — not the bank — sets the ceiling on both.
How the Buyer's Premium Works at Art Auctions, and Why It Keeps Climbing
Sotheby's and Christie's have both raised their entry-level buyer's premiums since September 2025, reshaping what collectors of lower-priced lots actually pay above the hammer price.
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