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Why Thousands of University Graduates Still Can’t Find Jobs: Inside Britain’s ‘Lost Generation’ Pandemic

Why Thousands of University Graduates Still Can’t Find Jobs: Inside Britain’s ‘Lost Generation’

Generation Z is often described as the 'lost generation', the 'bedroom generation' or a cohort lacking direction. While such labels make for attention-grabbing headlines, they overlook the reality facing many young people trying to build careers in one of the toughest labour markets in years. From shrinking entry-level opportunities and…
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August 15, 2026
Homebuilder Says It’s ‘Incredibly Difficult’ To Profit From a Traditional Starter Home Pandemic

Homebuilder Says It’s ‘Incredibly Difficult’ To Profit From a Traditional Starter Home

There are around 300,000 fewer starter homes on the market today than there were before the COVID-19 pandemic, and Lamonte Grulke thinks he knows why. Grulke is a general contractor and builder based in Little Rock, AR, who recently went viral on X for breaking down the costs of building…
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August 14, 2026
Real estate: GTA condo chill reaches cottage country  Pandemic

Real estate: GTA condo chill reaches cottage country 

MDM Developments marketed Luna Bay as a resort-style enclave with three-storey waterfront townhomes, 60 boat slips and roughly 20,000 square feet of amenities.  Photo by MDM Developments Article content The GTA’s pre-construction condo slump is echoing into cottage country as a conspicuous quieting in new resort-style development.   THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS Enjoy the latest…
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August 13, 2026
Phasmophobia Studio Launches A Publishing Label With These Five Exciting Games Pandemic

Phasmophobia Studio Launches A Publishing Label With These Five Exciting Games

Kinetic Games is expanding into the games publishing business. Before today, Kinetic has only been known for Phasmophobia, its four-player ghost-hunting game that first exploded during the COVID pandemic and has remained a favorite since then. It has apparently done well enough to allow the team to expand its business…
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August 12, 2026
Homicides fall 17% in big U.S. cities as the post-pandemic crime decline continues Pandemic

Homicides fall 17% in big U.S. cities as the post-pandemic crime decline continues

Data: Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA); Chart: Russell Contreras/AxiosViolent crime kept falling across many of the nation's largest cities through June, with homicides down 17.2% from the first half of 2025, according to preliminary data reviewed by Axios.Why it matters: The decline now spans two presidencies — it began falling…
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August 11, 2026
Americans are as unhappy as ever. Could ‘a happiness-segregated society by marriage’ be why? Pandemic

Americans are as unhappy as ever. Could ‘a happiness-segregated society by marriage’ be why?

For nearly 50 years, one number barely moved. Every year or two, the General Social Survey asks Americans how happy they are, and for decades the balance between “very happy” and “not too happy” held steady, from 1972 through 2018. But as soon as the pandemic hit, it came cratering…
bubmag
August 10, 2026