Articles filed under Washington Post
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Do men eat more to show off to women?Nov 28, 2015 6:00 am - Maybe it's due to our evolution from the era of cave men when the strongest and fastest hunters would have the biggest bounty to eat. Or maybe it's just another example...
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How ThredUp could be changing the clothing resale businessNov 28, 2015 5:45 am - James Reinhart built his secondhand clothing e-commerce site, ThredUp, based on a simple thesis: Women don't wear more than 50 percent of the clothes in their closet. An...
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Meet Tally, a new robot that scans store aislesNov 28, 2015 5:00 am - As long as consumers love low prices a trend will continue: the evaporation of the human employee. Recently, a Silicon Valley startup unveiled Tally, a robot designed to...
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Wal-Mart pushes the start of its Cyber Monday sale to Sunday eveningNov 27, 2015 5:43 am - For Wal-Mart shoppers, Cyber Monday will come several hours early this year. The world's largest retailer plans to kick off its online deals bonanza at 7 p.m. Sunday, a ...
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Ever wondered about pinkeye?Nov 27, 2015 5:00 am - One of the most common phone calls I get is from a parent whose son or daughter woke up with pinkeye. In most cases, the whites of the eyes have turned slightly pink (h...
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Big-time college athletics spend big money as fast as it comes inNov 26, 2015 5:31 am - AUBURN, Ala. - In September, Auburn University's football stadium debuted one of the largest video boards in North America. At just shy of 11,000 square feet, the high-d...
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Starbucks: We will donate a seedling for every bag of coffee purchasedNov 26, 2015 4:15 am - Starbucks Corp. is trying out the buy-one, give-one model embraced by startups like Toms Shoes and Warby Parker. The chain will donate a coffee tree to farmers for every...
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Now is the time for pre-holiday-season conditioningNov 23, 2015 4:45 am - We're fast approaching the time of year when healthful eating is tossed aside for handfuls of candy, gut-busting turkey dinners and endless holiday parties. It gets har...
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The problems veterans face in the professional workplaceNov 22, 2015 6:12 am - Corporate America loves hiring veterans. Part good strategy (think valuable technical and leadership skills), part good finance (think tax incentives) and part good P.R....
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Advice on managing a new generation, from the head of HR at FacebookNov 22, 2015 5:39 am - Back in 2008, Lori Goler, then a marketing executive at eBay, placed a call to Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and asked her a simple question: "What is...