Articles filed under Washington Post
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What to know before buying that dream vacation home in another countryJun 16, 2019 6:00 am - At their three-bedroom vacation home in Baja California, Mexico, Amy and Chad Wells have a wall of windows looking onto the Pacific Ocean, a beach right below their deck...
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Retirees worldwide may run out of money 10 years before they die, report showsJun 16, 2019 6:00 am - One of the toughest problems retirees face is making sure their money lasts as long as they do. From the U.S. to Europe, Australia and Japan, retirement account balances...
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How one economist is minimizing risk in his own retirementJun 16, 2019 6:00 am - Money is everything in retirement. It's medical care. It's insurance. It's travel, philanthropy, housing, food. It's life. I'm not saying you have to have a ton of money...
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Dads find parental leave easier to get than to takeJun 16, 2019 6:00 am - When JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to pay a landmark $5 million to settle a discrimination claim from a new dad, it looked like a turning point for Wall Street parents. Me...
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Hackers could glean your password by listening to how you type on your phoneJun 15, 2019 6:18 am - What if scammers could learn your password not from a massive cyber attack or taking control of your device, but from listening in as you type? That's the startling prem...
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Can China choke off U.S. access to 'rare earths' needed for high-tech products?Jun 15, 2019 6:18 am - MOUNTAIN PASS, Calif. - Rusty tin shacks are all that remain of the gold miners who once prowled this desert hillside about an hour's drive southwest of Las Vegas. Almos...
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Netflix takes step toward multimedia empire with video games based on its showsJun 15, 2019 6:10 am - Netflix Inc. is unveiling new video games based on its shows, stepping up efforts to turn its streaming platform into a multimedia empire. Stranger Things 3: The Game, a...
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Tesla wants everyone to drive an electric car. Now it risks becoming a niche brand.Jun 15, 2019 6:09 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Tesla wants everyone on the road to be in an electric car. That futuristic vision may soon become reality - thanks to rivals. The automaker based in Palo...
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Amazon's one-day delivery depends on the work of thousands of robotsJun 15, 2019 6:09 am - The sprawling warehouse, which looks big enough to double as an airport hangar, is unofficially known as the "robot highway." Inside Amazon's Denver "sortation center," ...
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Sex, drugs, and self-harm: Where 20 years of child online protection law went wrongJun 15, 2019 6:00 am - Two decades after Congress tried to wall off the worst of the internet in hopes of protecting the privacy and innocence of children, the ramparts lie in ruins. Sex, drug...