Articles filed under Washington Post
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Macy's still closing stores despite good higher holiday salesJan 04, 2018 12:00 am - It's been a tumultuous few years for the nation's department stores, but a solid holiday season has provided at least a temporary reprieve as shoppers stocked up on home...
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Capital One resolves account error that had customers seeing doubleJan 04, 2018 12:00 am - Capital One said Thursday that it had resolved an internal technology issues that left customers around the country with multiple charges for the same debit card transac...
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Analysis: New book a whale of a Trump tale, but is it fishy?Jan 04, 2018 12:00 am - Among the many things he's been called - "blunt," "pathetic," "calculating" - the one thing Michael Wolff has never been described as is boring. A provocateur and media ...
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Dow tops 25,000 for first time, continuing history-making riseJan 04, 2018 12:00 am - NEW YORK - The closely watched Dow Jones industrial average topped 25,000 points for the first time Thursday, continuing a run that lifted stocks by more than 20 percent...
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Trump's cease-and-desist letter to Bannon sounds tough. Is it?Jan 04, 2018 12:00 am - President Donald Trump's angry break with his former chief strategist Steve Bannon escalated Wednesday night with a threat of a "imminent" legal action. A private lawyer...
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Mega Millions changed the game so everyone gets rich - except youJan 04, 2018 12:00 am - Scores of potential one percenters will be glued to their TV on Friday night when six Mega Millions balls fall into place. But a recent rule change has made it harder fo...
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Why pharmaceutical companies, under attack for drug prices, started an industry warJan 03, 2018 12:00 am - It's not easy to get Americans mad at a behind-the-scenes industry they've barely even heard of, but pharmaceutical companies have spent most of last year trying. "Who d...
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Trump urges action on Comey, says ex-Clinton aide Huma Abedin should be jailedJan 02, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to suggest that Huma Abedin, a former top aide to Hillary Clinton, should face jail time, days after the State De...
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The U.S. has one of the stingiest minimum wage policies of any wealthy nationJan 01, 2018 12:00 am - Minimum wage workers in 18 states will see larger paychecks starting Jan. 1, according to the Economic Policy Institute, thanks primarily to minimum wage increases appro...
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Environmental deregulation helped Trump win rural America. Now some fear he's gone too farJan 01, 2018 12:00 am - BUCKEYE, Iowa - "Come on! Come on! Go girls!" Annette Sweeney was on horseback, hollering at her chocolate-colored cows on a perfect Iowa morning, happy that her life is...