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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Thomas C. Frohlich ## Thomas C. Frohlich *  Jul 20, 2015 ### [These 9 U.S. Cities Are Running Out of Water](https://time.com/3963178/usa-cities-drought/) These areas that have been under persistent, serious drought conditions over the first half of 2015 [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jun 4, 2015 ### [These Are the 20 Largest Privately Held Companies in America](https://time.com/3854318/largest-private-companies-america/) Many of these companies remain private with so many resources available for investment [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 8, 2015 ### [These Are 15 Companies Losing the Most Money in 2014](https://time.com/3851021/companies-losing-most-money-2014/) The list is led by oil and gas producer Apache Corp. [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 6, 2015 ### [These Are the States With the Most McDonald’s](https://time.com/3847464/states-with-most-mcdonalds/) The state of Ohio ranks at the top [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 25, 2015 ### [These Are the Largest Employers in Your State](https://time.com/3756164/largest-employer-each-state/) The nation's largest retailer Wal-Mart easily tops the list by employing the most people in 20 state... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 24, 2015 ### [These Are the Companies Profiting the Most From War](https://time.com/3754529/companies-profiting-most-from-war/) The big North American and European defense corporations have secured their place among the top 10 a... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 19, 2015 ### [These Are the 15 Cities With the Most High-Tech Jobs](https://time.com/3749056/these-are-the-15-cities-with-the-most-high-tech-jobs/) The San Jose metro area in Calif. contributed 47.5% of economic output in 2013, the highest among la... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 18, 2015 ### [These Are the American Cities With the Highest (and Lowest) Unemployment](https://time.com/3740876/american-cities-highest-lowest-unemployment/) More than 23% of the Yuma metro area’s workforce was unemployed in Nov. 2014 [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 17, 2015 ### [These Are the Best (and Worst) Paying Cities for Women](https://time.com/3742275/best-worst-paying-cities-women/) Women in these cities earned less than three-quarters of the median earnings of men [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 7, 2015 ### [These Are the States Smoking the Most Smuggled Cigarettes](https://time.com/3735369/smuggled-cigarettes/) Great variation of cigarette taxes between states creates net inflows of smuggled cigarettes for som... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 5, 2015 ### [These Are the American Cities Where No One Wants to Drive](https://time.com/3731662/american-cities-no-drive/) The ranking is based on the percent of households who did not own a vehicle in 2013 [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 4, 2015 ### [These Are the Best (and Worst) States for Business](https://time.com/3730598/these-are-the-best-and-worst-states-for-business/) All of the 10 best states had unemployment rates below the national unemployment rate in 2013 [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 3, 2015 ### [These Are the Companies Cutting the Most Jobs](https://time.com/3728665/companies-cutting-most-jobs/) Technology companies were the largest downsizers in 2014 [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 2, 2015 ### [These Are America’s Happiest (and Most Miserable) States](https://time.com/3726962/americas-happiest-most-miserable-states/) The ranking illustrates how states perform in the five essential elements of well-being: purpose, so... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Feb 27, 2015 ### [These Are the States With the Worst Taxes for Average Americans](https://time.com/3722854/states-worst-taxes/) In these states, higher income leads to decrease in effective tax rate [BUSINESS](/section/business/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/thomas-c-frohlich/","name":"Thomas C. 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