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Self-employed and trying to get a mortgage? Here's what you need to do to qualify.Sep 15, 2019 6:18 am - An estimated one-third of all employees in the United States work part-time or full-time as freelancers or contract workers, according to Gallup. Self-employment can be ...
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Analysis: Trump is demanding low or even zero interest rates. There's a real downside.Sep 15, 2019 6:11 am - People talk about how even the darkest clouds can have silver linings. Today, let's talk about the inverse of that - how even the brightest, most glittery silver linings...
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When VP of HR disparages own disabled stepchild, worker with special-needs child feels the painSep 15, 2019 6:09 am - Q: There is a VP at my company who is two reporting levels above me. We attend some meetings together. Often she will start talking at length about one of her stepdaught...
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Forbes named 99 men and only one woman on its list of 'most innovative leaders'Sep 15, 2019 6:08 am - Forbes Magazine may be best known for its lists of the world's wealthiest billionaires, but its recent ranking of the most innovative CEOs is the one that has been getti...
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Think your credit card is safe in your wallet? Think again.Sep 15, 2019 6:00 am - Check your bank balance, Avril Rhoades in Valdez, Alaska. Freeze your credit, Nazaryah Minnieweather of Victorville, California. And cancel your credit card, Jennifer Ke...
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Poor and middle-class Americans are much less likely to survive into their 70s, report saysSep 15, 2019 6:00 am - Poorer Americans are much less likely to survive into their 70s and 80s than rich Americans, a stark life-expectancy divide compounded by the nation's growing disparitie...
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This year's Apple event was more diverse than ever. But underrepresented minorities were still left out.Sep 15, 2019 6:00 am - Usually, Apple's events are heavily white and male. This year, more women and people of color took the stage, limiting the tally of white men. But the more diverse lineu...
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Optimists have a good chance of reaching 85Sep 14, 2019 7:25 am - Seeing a partially filled glass of water as half full, not half empty, puts you in good stead for living to age 85 or beyond. The most optimistic people live longer tha...
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How counties are preparing for Election Day cyberattacksSep 14, 2019 6:24 am - PRINCETON, N.J. - If Russian hackers seek to disrupt the 2020 election, it will be county election officials on the front lines. And some are diving in to war games so t...
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Amazon starts crowdsourcing Alexa responses. What could possibly go wrong?Sep 14, 2019 6:23 am - "Alexa, are you trolling me?" Amazon made its Alexa Answer program available to the general public this week after several months of beta testing, opening up its artific...