Articles filed under Washington Post
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The Willy Wonka of Wall Street has a sweet side hustle in New JerseyJun 02, 2019 6:18 am - Gary Parr watches with boyish wonder as hundreds of chocolate drops roll off a massive piece of Italian machinery. The executive who has worked on some of Wall Street's ...
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Falling mortgage rates are enticing US homebuyers to trade upJun 02, 2019 6:17 am - This year's plunge in mortgage rates is giving Americans an incentive to upgrade to pricier houses. Take loan officer Clint Gerke's client in Salem, Oregon. The single m...
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What is your iPhone doing while you sleep? Sharing your data, probablyJun 01, 2019 6:28 am - It's 3 a.m. Do you know what your iPhone is doing? Mine has been alarmingly busy. Even though the screen is off and I'm snoring, apps are beaming out lots of information...
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Survey: Many teens sleep with their phones, just like their parentsJun 01, 2019 6:25 am - Four out of five teenagers with mobile devices keep them in their rooms overnight - and nearly a third of those bring them into their beds while sleeping - according to ...
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Laptop with some of the world's most destructive malware sold for $1.3MJun 01, 2019 6:00 am - An art patron has paid $1.3 million for the tech equivalent of a dormant land mine: a 2008 Samsung laptop containing some of the world's mot destructive malware. "The Pe...
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Uber reports $1B loss in first quarterly earnings after IPOMay 31, 2019 1:00 am - Uber lost more than $1 billion when it reported its first quarterly earnings as a public company Thursday. But executives said a ride-hail price war may be cooling, some...
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National Spelling Bee uses 'octochamps' in a sentence, crowning eight co-championsMay 31, 2019 1:00 am - Pandemonium erupted - eight times - at the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee as Thursday night turned to Friday. In a stunning conclusion to the competition, event orga...
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The average millennial has an average net worth of $8,000. That's far less than previous generations.May 31, 2019 1:00 am - Millennials are doing far worse financially than generations before them, with student loans, rising rents and higher health care costs pushing the average net worth bel...
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Circus promoters abused, starved 12-year-old boy until he died, police sayMay 31, 2019 1:00 am - Karen Graham and her husband sensed that the boy who lived next door wasn't being treated well. Eduardo Posso seemed terrified, too scared to even pet their dog. They he...
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JPMorgan Chase settles with dad who demanded equal parental leave for menMay 31, 2019 1:00 am - Before the birth of his second son, Derek Rotondo decided he wanted to spend more time at home - both to bond with the newborn and to more evenly split up the caregiving...