Articles filed under Washington Post
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The biggest 'gift' Steve Jobs gave Apple CEO Tim Cook before he diedAug 20, 2016 7:14 am - Since he was officially named Apple's CEO in 2011, Tim Cook has often told the story of the advice Steve Jobs gave him just before he died. In the memorial service at Ap...
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Analysis: The copyright case that should worry internet providersAug 20, 2016 7:11 am - Will internet providers have to start cracking down harder on their own customers for suspected copyright infringement? That's one of the big questions being raised in t...
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You think you're using your smartphone - but it also uses youAug 20, 2016 7:10 am - You touch your phone an average of 2,617 times per day - more, if you're a heavy user. That's 18,000 times a week. Nearly one million times a year. Enough that all those...
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Experts warn that people with heart failure face risks in taking multiple drugsAug 20, 2016 7:00 am - Mike O'Meara's life runs on a tight schedule. Every morning, after a glass of juice and breakfast, the 70-year-old picks up his medication from a blue labeled tray that ...
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Do sports drinks fuel or fool young athletes?Aug 15, 2016 5:30 am - As temperatures heat up and Olympic coverage continues, sports-drink marketing is at a fever pitch. Coca-Cola, owner of Powerade and Vitaminwater, is the longest contin...
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You can't protect your kids from stress, but here are ways to teach them to copeAug 14, 2016 7:30 am - A young girl sits in my office, describing the "swishy" feeling that she gets in her stomach when she's at school. It tends to happen at drop-off, just after lunch and ...
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Analysis: Are performance-monitoring wearables an affront to workers' rights?Aug 14, 2016 7:15 am - At U.K. supermarket chain Tesco, workers wear sensor-bearing armbands to track inventory while unloading goods. "Pickers" who put together orders at Amazon.com warehouse...
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Labor Department pushing states to create paid family leave programsAug 14, 2016 7:14 am - In California, the first state to guarantee paid family leave for all workers since 2004, payroll deductions fund a state-run insurance pool that allows employees to tak...
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Career Coach: To get more women in leadership, we need to grow the pipelineAug 14, 2016 7:12 am - Advancing women and diversity in our companies is something most senior executives know to be important for a variety of reasons. It tends to lead to higher financial re...
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How far does a dollar go in each state?Aug 14, 2016 7:10 am - You might think you know the value of a buck. But a recent Tax Foundation analysis provides a stark illustration of just how much further a dollar goes in some parts of ...