Articles filed under Washington Post
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Americans with disabilities find new leverage in a tight job marketJun 24, 2018 1:09 am - Colton Channon needed just 90 minutes each day. Every morning for about a month, in training designed for him, the high school senior with an intellectual disability pra...
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We need paid parental leave. But we also need flexibility and understanding bosses.Jun 24, 2018 1:00 am - I once had a conversation with a boss about a big position I hoped she might be grooming me for. She ticked off several strengths of mine. Then she broke my heart. “You'...
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Self-motivation tips for the office newbieJun 24, 2018 1:00 am - Q: I'm a new hire at a biotechnology firm. I recently heard through a co-worker that our boss finds me lacking in self-motivation. I can understand his concern, since I'...
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The antidote for a cheap boss' broken promisesJun 24, 2018 1:00 am - Q: The director of our small office has always been cheap. He never pitches in for office birthday parties or pays for his share when we have food delivered. We've stopp...
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Loose change found in drawer grew to be multimillion-dollar collectionJun 24, 2018 1:00 am - In the late 1980s, William Morton-Smith, a Santa Barbara, California-based doctor, was rummaging through a garage that contained some of his deceased parents' belongings...
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Study: It can cost more for a checking account if you're black or LatinoJun 24, 2018 1:00 am - There is a cost to being black or brown when it comes to banking, according to a New America report released Thursday. It can be more expensive to obtain loans - as rece...
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Review: Amazon's Fire TV Cube wants to replace your remote (but Alexa gets a little tongue tied)Jun 23, 2018 1:15 am - In the beginning, there was a dial. Then man invented the television remote so he wouldn't have to get off the sofa. Then remote controls multiplied ... so man could nev...
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What does it mean to be a NASA astronaut in the age of Elon Musk and Richard Branson?Jun 23, 2018 1:09 am - HOUSTON - The journey to outer space for American astronauts for the past seven years has begun at a Soviet-era launch site in Kazakhstan, deep in Central Asia. There, t...
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How should the feds regulate tech? The FTC wants to knowJun 23, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Trump administration's privacy, competition and consumer protection cops plan to embark on a cross-country listening tour to gauge how academics and ave...
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Saboteur or whistleblower? Battle between Elon Musk and former Tesla employee turns uglyJun 23, 2018 1:00 am - Hours after Tesla had sued its former employee on charges he had stolen company secrets, and days after chief Elon Musk had called him a saboteur, the Silicon Valley aut...