Articles filed under Washington Post
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A personal tutor, just a mouse click awayAug 29, 2015 7:00 am - Imagine if your teacher knew that you learned math best between 8:40 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. Or that after 38 minutes of studying history, you lose focus. Or that you learn s...
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Scientists credit Ice Bucket Challenge for research breakthroughsAug 24, 2015 6:00 am - About one year ago, Facebook feeds were awash with videos and photos of people pouring buckets of cold water on their heads, all in the name of medical research. At the ...
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Reasons to jump into judoAug 24, 2015 5:45 am - The biggest star in mixed martial arts, Ronda Rousey, has brought new attention, at least in the United States, to judo. So, I decided to acquaint myself with it. Or rea...
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U.S. factories still haven't recovered from the recessionAug 23, 2015 7:36 am - WASHINGTON - It took less than a year for America's factory output to rebound from the 1991 recession. It took three and a half years to bounce back from the 2001 recess...
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Report: Family living in public housing earns $497,911 a yearAug 23, 2015 7:36 am - WASHINGTON -- A family of four in New York City makes $497,911 a year but pays $1,574 a month to live in public housing in a three-bedroom apartment subsidized by taxpa...
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Companies consider additional benefits for parentsAug 23, 2015 7:36 am - Last week, news surfaced that the private equity giant KKR has added its name to the fast-growing list of companies that are extending paid parental leave for employees,...
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Great entrepreneurs have these six skillsAug 23, 2015 7:36 am - What skills do the founders of upstart companies like JetBlue, Chipotle, Tesla and LinkedIn have in common? That's the question researcher Amy Wilkinson set out to answe...
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Young workers struggling to keep pace with home costsAug 23, 2015 7:36 am - Many young workers are finding that home prices are rising faster than their pay, making it harder for them to set aside the cash they need for the purchase, studies sho...
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More U.S. companies moving away from traditional performance reviewsAug 23, 2015 7:36 am - Lately a small but growing number of major U.S. companies, including Accenture, Adobe and Gap, have been saying goodbye to an annual rite of corporate life that employee...
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Workplace advice: First job, lasting lessonAug 23, 2015 7:33 am - Reader: My 17-year-old daughter started a job at a national retail chain store two months ago. After working there for a couple of weeks, she asked for a weekend off to ...