Articles filed under Washington Post
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Employers are finally ready to talk about how much they payJul 15, 2018 1:05 am - Until recently, none of the 170 employees working at Verve, a marketing company, knew what anyone else made. Now, everyone's salary is listed on an internal document for...
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Black homeownership is stuck near 30-year lowsJul 15, 2018 1:00 am - Jani Tillery thought she would be a homeowner by now. Her parents bought a house in the Detroit suburbs in the late 1970s while living on a modest income. Her mother was...
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How to fight about money and stay madly in loveJul 15, 2018 1:00 am - The way couples talk about money — and fight about it, inevitably — doesn't depend on whether they're married or not. There are good and bad ways to discuss topics as em...
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Tax loophole from 1960s could let wealthy tap lower corporate rateJul 15, 2018 1:00 am - An obscure tax provision from the 1960s that was left untouched by President Donald Trump's overhaul could let wealthy individual investors seize for themselves the larg...
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HPV test is better than Pap smear at finding cancerous cervical changes, study saysJul 14, 2018 7:30 am - A test for HPV detects precancerous changes of the cervix earlier and more accurately than the Pap smear, according to a large clinical trial published recently. The ran...
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Why Amazon keeps making tablets when the market has been strugglingJul 14, 2018 1:06 am - The tablet, as a gadget, hasn't had a great couple of years. The tech industry group Consumer Technology Association expects that sales of tablets will drop 12 percent t...
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In America's tech capital, many lack home internet. San Francisco wants to fix it.Jul 14, 2018 1:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Despite being awash in tech start-ups and the latest innovations, San Francisco has a surprising lack of connectivity. As many as 1 in 8 people here - mo...
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Amazon takes a page from Toys 'R' Us with a holiday catalogJul 14, 2018 1:00 am - Amazon.com is looking more and more like a traditional retailer. In a drive to win the business up for grabs after the demise of Toys "R" Us Inc., the online giant is go...
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Nintendo's newest Smash Bros. game showcases its odd relationship with esportsJul 14, 2018 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - On the opening day of the video game industry's largest annual convention, fans queued up for hours, then stood shoulder to shoulder inside Nintendo's mass...
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For digital nomads, work is where the laptop isJul 14, 2018 1:00 am - MEDELLIN, Colombia - Gwendolyn DaSilva rises at 5 a.m. to teach English to Chinese children from a small office just off her kitchen in Colombia. Through an online teach...