Countries That Censor the Internet Most
Worldwide availability of the Internet has grown considerably in recent years. In 2011, more than one-third of the world’s population had access to the Web, up from less than one-fifth in 2006. Despite the…
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Oil Markets Losing Lustre
A U.S. energy trade group said the petroleum market in the country was hit by slumping demand. Total petroleum deliveries for August were at their lowest level for the month in 15 years and…
Small Towns with the Biggest Businesses
Wikimedia Commons, Public DomainThe headquarters of Walmart, the world’s largest retailers and one of the largest public companies, is in Bentonville, Ark., a small town with a population of roughly 35,000 people. Walmart is…
Small Towns with Soaring Housing Markets
The advantages of small-town living are well known to Americans — and not just because of Norman Rockwellesque clichés about values, neighborliness and pace of life. These days, most prosperous small towns are bedroom communities…
The 10 States That Use the Most Energy
In 2010, the United States used roughly 97.7 quadrillion Btu of energy, up from roughly 95 quadrillion in 2009. To put that in perspective, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates global consumption at…
States with the Highest (and Lowest) Voter Turnout
The 2012 presidential election between President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney is heading into the final months. Soon, media coverage increasingly will focus on voter turnout — especially in battleground states. In 2008,…
The Biggest Gas Guzzlers on the Road
As the average price of a gallon of regular gas varies between $3.50 and $4 nationwide, fuel efficiency remains prized among the new cars most people buy. But some drivers are too rich to…
The Most Overpaid (and Underpaid) Fantasy Football Players
On Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys will kick off the NFL’s 2012 regular season. The game also marks the start of this year’s fantasy football season, in…
Cities with the Most Homes in Foreclosure
In the second quarter of 2012, there were 986,355 completed home sales across the United States, according to RealtyTrac. Of those, 22.8% were “foreclosure sales,” which means that homes were either actively in default…
The Best Paying Jobs of the Future
The U.S. unemployment rate peaked at 10% in October 2009 and has since slowly improved, flirting with 8% earlier this month. Despite the downward trend, the rate is still more than double prerecession levels.…
The Best Paying Jobs You Can Get With a High School Diploma
Having a college education dramatically improves one’s chances of finding employment, a recent report released by Georgetown University shows. Also, those with just a high school diploma, according to the report, have had the…
America’s 10 Disappearing Jobs
Between 2010 and 2020, the United States is expected to add nearly 20 million new jobs. That represents a 14.3% increase in labor. A good part of that change has to do with population…
The Best Job Opportunities of the Future
With an unemployment rate still stuck above 8% and much talk about a mismatch between worker skills and the jobs available, many people are trying to scope out the fields that will have many…
American Cities Losing the Most Jobs
The economy has begun its slow recovery from the Great Recession, and with it, the labor market is showing signs of improving as well. The unemployment rate fell from 9.5% in June 2009 to…
The Smallest Professions in America
Approximately 133 million people are employed in the United States as of May 2011, working in hundreds of different occupations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Different jobs vary in size. Some…
Energy Markets Being Driven by Fear
Crude oil demand in the United States is down to its lowest level since the onset of the global economic recession. A lackluster economic recovery, coupled with cautious consumer sentiment, is keeping demand for…
American Cities Adding the Most Jobs
The Great Recession has affected nearly every person in the United States. But the recovery has fared better in some parts of the country than others. 24/7 Wall St. looked at the 10 metropolitan…
America’s Most Obese States
Obesity in the United States is a significant problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than a third of adults in the U.S. are obese. That comes out to 78…
America’s Most Dangerous Luxury Cars
More than 10,000 people are killed each year in front-end crashes in the United States. While most cars offer protection in front-end accidents, overlap crashes, where the car is not hit head-on, are a…
U.S. Midwest hit by Perfect Gasoline Storm
Retail gasoline prices in the U.S. Midwest were as much as 50 cents higher than in the rest of the country. By Monday, the price of a gallon of regular unleaded jumped 13 cents…