Articles filed under Washington Post
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Laziness, or invisible labor? Workers, managers weigh inFeb 23, 2020 5:13 am - A recent column on lazy co-workers struck a chord with workers and managers alike. (Responses edited for length and clarity.) Personal business on business time: "S...
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Analysis: Why it's important to remember what we don't know about stocksFeb 23, 2020 5:07 am - The nosebleed heights of today's stock prices have me, like many other investors, a bit on edge. Have equities become too risky? How much longer will the decadelong bull...
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Employers are adding high-tech solutions to solve a low-tech problem: Getting more sleepFeb 23, 2020 5:00 am - New Balance, the Boston-based athletic shoe company, wanted to help its employees sleep better. So in October, it rolled out Dayzz, a mobile app that offers personal rec...
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How Ring and Nest helped normalize American surveillanceFeb 22, 2020 5:24 am - Margaret Cudia thought her Ring doorbell camera was "the best thing since sliced bread." She loved watching the world pass by through her suburban New Jersey neighborhoo...
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Wendy's mascot may look sweet, but on Twitter she's a mean girlFeb 22, 2020 5:18 am - Wendy's mascot - that red-haired, pig-tailed, freckle-cheeked girl - might look sweet. But the fast-food chain's tweets, accompanied by an image of her grinning face, ar...
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Axon rolls out the next level of police technology: Live-streaming body camerasFeb 22, 2020 5:11 am - The term that keeps coming up is "game changer." Axon, the largest supplier of body-worn cameras for police in the United States, on Tuesday rolled out 1,000 new cameras...
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When street names switch, can apps keep up? The case of Jefferson Davis Highway.Feb 22, 2020 5:10 am - If you were driving through Arlington. Virginia, in September, you might have noticed a change that was almost five years in the making: Jefferson Davis Highway was no m...
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Four more firms to stop selling inclined sleepers amid scrutinyFeb 22, 2020 5:00 am - Four more companies announced they will recall their infant inclined sleepers, the latest step in a renewed push by federal regulators to remove these baby products from...
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'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' heats up tale of gothic romanceFeb 21, 2020 5:00 am - “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” obeys all the accepted conventions of juicy gothic romance: In a drafty mansion on a windswept coast, a mismatched couple tries to ignore th...
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Sweat equity can be a pushup to homeownershipFeb 21, 2020 5:00 am - When Joyce Ayaribire, a clinical technician at Inova Hospital and single mother of two boys, wanted to leave her Alexandria, Virginia, apartment because she was concerne...