The World’s Most Valuable Brands
What is brand equity? For most people that can seem like a nebulous and subjective concept at worst, and at best it seems like a combination of art and science. It doesn’t help that…
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The Highest Paying Jobs You Can Get Without A College Degree
College graduates tend to earn much higher wages than workers with no more than a high school diploma. The median wage for workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher was over $74,000 in the…
Friends, Snapchat and 48 Other Famous Things That Were Almost Named Something Else
Many famous books, movies, literary characters, sports teams, and musical groups began life called something else. Which begs the question — would they have been as successful had they retained their original name? Would…
The Final Approval Rating of Every President Since Harry Truman
President Donald Trump ended a historically unpopular presidency with the lowest record approval rating during his term, at 34%, according to Gallup. Only Harry S. Truman and Richard Nixon, who resigned in disgrace over Watergate,…
What the Richest 25 Hedge Fund Managers Made in 2020
In the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, the hedge fund industry was struggling to eke out gains, but by the end of 2020, they had managed on average to pull themselves out of…
The Most and Least Dependable Cars in 2021
Motor vehicles have come a long way in dependability and safety since the first Ford Model T (widely considered to be the first mass-produced affordable car) rolled off a Detroit assembly line on October…
Best Movies You’ll Remember If You Grew Up in the ‘70s
Which decade in the history of filmmaking — a history dating back more than a century — produced the most great movies? Last year, the BBC made a case for the 1920s, the decade…
This Is How Many People Have Died From COVID-19 in Each State
Since the first death attributable to COVID-19 was reported in the United States on Feb. 29, 2020, an estimated 600,406 Americans have died — and that number still continues to grow. Adjusting for population,…
Most Expensive Cities to Buy a Home
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in an unprecedented surge in demand for homeownership in the United States. Home inventory, however, is at a record low, as is the average time homes remain for sale…
The 25 Biggest Keanu Reeves Movies Ranked
Keanu Reeves is known in Hollywood as a refreshingly humble introvert as he seems to shy away from fame and money. But his work has contributed to numerous box office hits including, all three…
This Is the City in Every State With the Most COVID-19 Cases
The U.S. has reported more than 33.3 million confirmed COVID-19 cases as of July 8. More than 600,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 — the highest death toll of any country. The virus has…
States With the Largest Increase in Diabetes in a Decade
About one in 10 Americans, or 34.2 million people, live with diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data through 2018. And one in three people in the country – or…
This Is Where America’s Presidents Are Buried
There are 38 burial sites for the men who served as president of the United States. America’s chief executives are buried in 18 states as well as Washington D.C. While burial sites for presidents…
The Fastest Shrinking Place In Every State
The U.S. population grew by just 0.35% between July 2019 and July 2020, the smallest annual growth rate in well over a century. Driven in part by restrictions on immigration and a declining birth…
Cities With the Best Health Insurance Coverage
Nearly half of all Americans with health insurance receive coverage through their employer. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, however, millions of Americans lost their jobs, and nearly 30% of U.S. residents lost their health…