Articles filed under Washington Post
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24 players to watch in the NCAA tournament if you're an NBA fanMar 12, 2018 1:00 am - The NCAA tournament brings the best opportunity for NBA fans to get a look at the next generation of potential stars. While a few elite prospects won't be part of the fe...
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Warren Buffett vs. Ivy League endowments: Which is the first-in-class investor?Mar 11, 2018 12:00 am - In fine juxtaposition, Berkshire Hathaway and university endowments have reported results. Berkshire, the holding company run by Warren Buffett, and American colleges, b...
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Fearless Finance: How to avoid being 'trapped by the lifestyle'Mar 11, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Financial adviser Lori Atwood has untangled many a financial mystery for her 400 clients, like this gut-buster: How does a family of four drop $500 in one m...
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When a good friend (and co-worker) flips for a bad bossMar 11, 2018 12:00 am - Q: We recently got a new manager, "Damien," who is the poster child for bad bosses: incompetent, lazy and immature. After six weeks, when he started feeling heat from hi...
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South Korea is capping its workweek at 52 hours; should the U.S. do the same?Mar 11, 2018 12:00 am - South Korea's parliament is putting a lid on what an official there has called its "inhumanely long" work hours, passing a bill that would cut the maximum workweek from ...
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Poll: The myth of the lonely gamer is a lieMar 10, 2018 12:15 am - Jeff Kaplan met his wife in his 20s, as many do. He was an aspiring writer living in Los Angeles while moonlighting as a Halfling rogue in the multiplayer fantasy video ...
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Study: Fake news spreads 'farther, faster, deeper' than truthMar 10, 2018 12:05 am - A tweet can wreak havoc in a few hundred characters, as demonstrated in April 2013 when someone hacked The Associated Press Twitter account and claimed that explosions a...
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#MeToo forces South by Southwest festival to confront sexismMar 10, 2018 12:00 am - South by Southwest is taking a hard look at #MeToo. Amid the raucous parties and speed networking at the annual festival that draws people from technology, film, and mus...
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Microsoft changing Windows 10 S operating system into 'S mode'Mar 10, 2018 12:00 am - Less than a year after introducing Microsoft Windows 10 S, a lightweight version of Microsoft's operating system marketed to students and businesses, the company is now ...
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How Google almost destroyed the Zagat Restaurant GuideMar 10, 2018 12:00 am - It's hard to imagine anyone could make the name Zagat obsolete in the world of restaurant news. Yet Google almost pulled it off in just under seven years. On March 5, ni...