Google’s newest product is just dying to be heard. This week, the company came out with its $49 Google Home Mini, a smaller, cheaper alternative to its Google Home speaker system that offers the same abilities as its larger counterpart. Available to pre-order now at retailers including the Google Store, Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Verizon, and more, Google Home Mini can stream Bluetooth music, answer questions, manage hands-free phone calls and give users step-by-step recipe directions. It...

Amazon is a prime spot to land a job. LinkedIn released its 2018 Top Companies list on Tuesday, naming the top places Americans want to work. Amazon earned the No. 1 spot, followed by Google parent Alphabet, Facebook, Salesforce and Tesla. LinkedIn's findings, based on the actions and behaviors of the site’s more than 546 million users, analyzed data from January 2017 to January 2018 on criteria like job demand, engagement with the company, interest in its employees and employee retention....

It's a long way to the top. Only 38% of American workers feel that they can get ahead in their careers, according to a study of 3,000 workers from Harvard Medical School; University of California, Los Angeles; and the Rand Corporation released in August. "People feel that they're stuck at their level … they're not able to see the path forward," study co-author Nicole Maestas, a professor of health care policy at Harvard University, tells Moneyish. One big reason they can’t move up? They’re...

Pets are doggone expensive. More than half of American households have a pet. And while most pet parents think that owning a dog costs them $26 to $75 a month, a Rover.com released just in time for National Dog Day on Sunday finds that dog lovers are actually dropping $153 a month on average. That adds up to a whopping $1,836 a year. Woof. And all of that cash isn’t just going to kibble. The Cost of Dog Ownership Survey from the pet sitting and walking network surveyed 1,500 adults with...

No shock here. A new report published in the Academy of Management Journal proves what every professional woman already knows — that opinions voiced by females are often ignored. When women speak up "promotively" — broaching positive ideas or solutions — their voices go unheard. By contrast, men who engage in the same behavior are generally rewarded with increased leadership and influence. Neither women nor men benefit from giving warnings or pointing out wrongdoing, the study found. The...