Upwork (Nasdaq: UPWK) released its second annual Future Workforce Index 2026, combining a survey of 2,400 U.S. skilled knowledge workers with Upwork Marketplace data. The research finds that the share of skilled U.S. knowledge workers who freelance rose from 28% to 38% in one year, while 58% of full-time employees are now considering freelancing, up…

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Whether Jersey Mike’s is already your go-to sub or a name you’re hearing for the first time, this listing is worth understanding. It started as a single sub shop in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, in 1956. Seventy years later it has more than 3,300 stores across the US and Canada, built on fresh-sliced meats, house-baked…