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Ursula Burns Ursula Burns grew up in a housing project in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, a hub for gangs. She was raised by her Panamanian-immigrant single mother who ran a daycare center at her home and ironed shirts for a fee so that she could send Ursula to Cathedral High School. She earned her Mechanical […]

NEW YORK — Just as the U.S. economy is strengthening, other countries are threatening to drag it down. Employers in the U.S. are creating jobs at the fastest pace since the late 1990s and the economy finally looks ready to expand at a healthy rate. But sluggish growth in France, Italy, Russia, Brazil and China […]

Oprah Winfrey Born to unwed teenage parents in Mississippi, this media mogul wore dresses that her grandmother made out of potato sacks. After being molested, she ran away at the age of 13 and became a mother at 14, but her son died in infancy. Sent to live with his father, a barber in Tennessee, […]

Call off the bubble alert. Through 2012 and 2013, U.S. house prices were rising at a pace that was as extreme as anything seen during the disastrous housing bubble of the last decade. But since the start of 2014, the pace of increase has slowed markedly. Assuming the slower pace sticks—and it looks as if […]

While some people are handed everything on a silver platter, just because someone is at the top doesn’t mean it was always that way. In fact, many of the wealthiest people in the world started their journeys in slums and orphanages. Many of them even credit their hardship with giving them the motivation, understanding, and […]

Metro Studies has a history of delivering some of the most accurate readings of the housing market. They have released their take on how the economy in the coming months will reflect in housing values. Metro Studies most recent release paints this picture: First, [we] have already been calling for strong home price increases in […]

As their assets begin to regain value, baby boomers are seeking more for their money in lower-cost markets—causing a ripple effect in the housing market, an analysis by online real estate company RealtyTrac found. “Boomers who are downsizing are helping open the door for many first-time home buyers while also driving demand for purchases and […]