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GOLDMAN: LinkedOut
I have a question for someone like you. What are the job prospects for someone like me? Here’s a quick rundown. I’m someone with zero motivation. Someone with few skills and fewer abilities. Someone […]
MARGENAU: Questions About Spousal Benefits Never Stop
I’ve been saving up questions I’ve gotten from readers about benefits for spouses. It’s an issue I’ve covered a hundred times in this column. But the questions still keep coming. […]
HAYES: Fighting With My AI Email Assistant
Hey! I’m your AI email assistant. Do you want me to summarize this email for you? No. Your aunt sent her flight times for next Thursday and is interested in getting lunch with her […]
MARGENAU: Some Oddball Questions
As I’ve pointed out before, I usually find myself answering the same questions over and over again. But I’ve saved up a couple of oddball questions — and here they are. But first, I want […]
GOLDMAN: Will ‘Peanut Butter Raises’ Put You in a Jam?
Spread the news! Companies across the country are no longer rewarding better performance with bigger raises. That’s right! The concept of merit pay no longer has merit. Instead, all employees, good, bad and indifferent, will be […]
MARGENAU: Your Friends and Neighbors Are Wrong!
Here is a bit of advice from a guy who gives Social Security advice for a living. Don’t take any advice from your friends or neighbors about Social Security. It’s […]
GOLDMAN: I’m Bored of AI — What’s Next?
I don’t know who invented AI, but they did a very good job of it. All I hear about and read about and worry about these days is AI. Really! It’s in my computer. It’s in my phone. It’s in my car. It’s in my refrigerator. It’s in […]
MARGENAU: Babies of “Notch Babies”
This is going to be a column about the infamous “notch babies.” I thought this issue had died, because frankly, almost everyone affected by this glitch in Social Security law has died. […]
GOLDMAN: Clean Up Your Desk — Mess Up Your Life
It’s a question as old as time. Which is a better indicator of your performance on the job — a messy desk or a neat desk? The messy-desk people say that mountains of papers and […]
MARGENAU: Social Security Clickbait
I’m sure you’ve seen these little teaser links on the Internet that can sometimes be too irresistible to ignore. They have catchy titles like “20 Celebrities Who Have a Secret […]
GOLDMAN: Multiple Reasons Not to Multitask in 2026
Here’s what you do. Stand up at your desk. Pat your head and rub your tummy (counter-clockwise, please.) Now sing “All You Need is Love” while you jump up and down. If […]
MARGENAU: Turning Full Retirement Age in 2026? Consider Filing for Benefits This Month
I write a column similar to this one every January. But I don’t mind plagiarizing myself because it contains a very important message for people planning to retire in 2026. January is a critical month for the hundreds of thousands of […]
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- Home flipping profit margins rise after seven quarters of decline
- CP Group reports nearly 25,000 SF leasing at Harris Corners in Charlotte
- Foreclosure filings dip month-over-month as annual trend rises nationwide
- Construction Employment Increases By 17,000 In May As Both Nonresidential And Residential Firms Add Jobs; Hourly Pay Rises By 5.0 Percent For The Year
- Construction Jobs Increase In Majority Of Metro Areas From April 2025 To April 2026 Amid Growing Data Center Pushback And Need For Highway Bill
- Unemployment and foreclosure rates drive housing market risk in Florida and California
- Wall Street loses ground slightly after first Fed statement under Warsh
- Construction Spending Rises 0.9 Percent Annually In April; Association Urges Officials To Renew Highway And Transit Funding By September
- Zombie foreclosures rise in most states with North Carolina up 67 percent
- US consumer inflation breaks above 4% as Iran war raises energy prices
Features
- CBRE Adds Veteran Office and Healthcare Leasing Professional Grant Keyes to Charlotte Team
- Thomas & Hutton Announces Ryo Yamamoto’s Professional Engineer Licensure in North Carolina
- Thomas & Hutton Grows Charlotte Team With Two New Project Engineers
- City of Charlotte Introduces New Deputy City Manager and New Director of Housing & Neighborhood Services
- JLL strengthens Charlotte capabilities with top Agency Leasing team hire from Foundry Commercial
- Thomas & Hutton Grows Charlotte Team With Two New Team Members
- Nick Schirato Joins Thomas & Hutton As An Environmental Designer In Charlotte
- Foundry Taps Alex Olofson to Lead Capital Markets Growth in Charlotte
- Tony Lathrop Strengthens Parker Poe’s Infrastructure, Transportation & Public Policy Services
- MVA Expands Economic Development & Incentives Group, Appoints Beth Buckner as Head
- Thomas & Hutton Announces Kaylee Neal’s Professional Engineer Licensure In North Carolina
- Thomas & Hutton Announces Sixth-Generation Leadership Transition as Firm Enters 80th Year
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