Digital Gems

When hospitals acquire physician practices, it can influence how individual physicians practice medicine, two new studies show.

From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey Mortgage applications increased 2.1 percent from one week earlier...

The Census Bureau reports New Home Sales in May were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 769 thousand. The previous three mont...

Mucormycosis has killed hundreds in India and forced many to have an eye removed.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed adult vaccination rates by age through May 22, finding 80 percent of adults older than 65 had been immunized compared with just 38.3 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds.

Competition is driving up industrial rents as retailers and logistics providers race to move goods closer to population centers, with some engaging in bidding wars for the most coveted sites.

Philipp Brandt, Stefan Timmermans Sociological Science June 17, 2021 10.15195/v8.a10 Abstract We propose an abductive logic of scientific inference for quantitative research.

Housing costs are shooting higher across America because there are too few.

It's now much easier than it was in 2008 to start a small business selling goods or services online.

Chalkbeat is tracking efforts to restrict teaching about race and bias in schools, as well as efforts to expand it, on this map.

A sharp increase in existing-home prices kept more buyers on the sidelines, contributing to the fourth straight month of declining sales of previously owned homes.

Listen to this episode from Consider This from NPR on Spotify. The story made waves in Washington, D.C., this week: The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax. ProPublica obtained private tax data from America's 25 wealthiest individuals, which revealed exactly how those people manage, through legal means, to pay far less income tax than most Americans — and sometimes, none at all. ProPublica senior editor and reporter Jesse Eisinger explains how it works to NPR's Rachel Martin. After the story's publication, some lawmakers reacted with concern about the fairness of the tax code. Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, explains a proposal to make it more equitable. He spoke to NPR's Ailsa Chang. Additional reporting on the history of the income tax from NPR's daily economics podcast The Indicator and Steven Weisman's 2010 appearance on All Things Considered. In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

Take a look at the seven skills people managers must master, from HubSpot managers. Plus, explore new data to see how employees define a good manager.

Wealthiest benefit most from asset price inflation as the number of people worth at least $50m rises almost a quarter

Overwatch League will pay more than $80,000 to the University of Hawaii for the right to fly teams to Oahu four times this summer and access an undersea internet cable connecting the U.S. to Japan.…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — How do astronauts do laundry in space? They don’t. They wear their underwear, gym clothes and everything else until they can’t take the filth and stink anymore, then junk them.

An environmental catastrophe is threatening Turkey's Marmara Sea.

A period that is somewhat similar to the current housing market was in the late 1970s. House prices increased 14.7% in 1977, 15.7% in 1978...

From the NAR: Existing-Home Sales Experience Slight Skid of 0.9% in May Existing-home sales decreased for a fourth straight month in May, a...

Pandemic moves are redistributing coveted tech workers more evenly across the country.

Some companies are refusing to hire Coloradans for remote work because they don’t want to reveal what they pay under the state's law requiring a salary range be posted with a job opening.

The final unit will be up for sale by the end of the month.

Developers with a belief in adaptive reuse and an appreciation for Denver's history have saved some of the city's churches and other sacred spaces from the wrecking ball.

Sales and charters of boats of all sizes are up this summer. You can forget about bargaining, brokers say.

Nearly 10 million Americans joined the public health coverage program for the poor through January, demonstrating the program’s increasingly important role not just as a safety net.