Articles filed under Washington Post
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A reading list for millennial women as they launch their careersMay 05, 2019 6:00 am - Q: My granddaughter is graduating from college this spring and will be starting her first professional job in a male-dominated field. I am hoping you can recommend a boo...
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Analysis: The government move that threatens to keep Americans trapped in debtMay 05, 2019 6:00 am - In November 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a rule requiring payday lenders to assess a borrower's ability to repay before making a loan. Th...
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What not to do when selling a home (8 common mistakes sellers make)May 05, 2019 6:00 am - Selling a home can be complicated. The process is like no other financial transaction most people will make. Too often, sellers sabotage the sale of their home by making...
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Adjustable-rate mortgages: Are they worth it?May 05, 2019 6:00 am - Adjustable-rate mortgages, known as ARMs, are back, despite having earned a bad reputation at the height of the housing crisis. Post-crisis borrowers saw them as risky b...
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Answers to your questions about the measlesMay 04, 2019 7:00 am - The United States is experiencing its second-highest number of measles cases in nearly two decades. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the diagnosed cas...
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How Amazon's facial-recognition technology is supercharging local policeMay 04, 2019 6:23 am - HILLSBORO, Ore. - When workers at an Ace Hardware here reported that a woman had walked out of the store with an $11.99 tank of welding gas that she hadn't paid for in h...
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Ikea asks startups to design life beyond flat-pack furnitureMay 04, 2019 6:19 am - Sankarshan Murthy sinks into a sofa at Ikea's conference center in the sleepy town of Almhult in southern Sweden. The former Tesla and Apple engineer is jet-lagged after...
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Google will soon allow users to auto-delete location history and search dataMay 04, 2019 6:18 am - Google users will soon have the option to automatically delete their location and web browsing histories, a privacy-enhancing feature to remove data about the places the...
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How German journalists are using Snapchat to teach teens about the HolocaustMay 04, 2019 6:17 am - Decades later, Maja Krapina is still haunted by the death of her 9-month-old sister. "We hid from the Nazis, but my sister was crying extremely loud," she recalled in Ru...
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Why Instagram is going to hide your 'likes'May 04, 2019 6:09 am - Instagram will test hiding the number of "likes" that photos and videos receive - a central aspect of its platform - to rein in competitive tendencies and make the exper...