Articles filed under Washington Post
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New version of health-care bill will help Alaska, Maine - home of two holdout senatorsSep 25, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The floundering Republican attempt to undo the Affordable Care Act met hardening resistance from key GOP senators Sunday that left it on the verge of collap...
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A Social Security number may not be secure. But how do we replace it?Sep 24, 2017 7:23 am - They're supposed to be the nine most closely guarded numbers in your life. But with an ever-growing number of companies asking for Social Security numbers - and then hit...
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5 types of jerks at work and how to cope with themSep 24, 2017 7:22 am - Ten years ago, the typically sober and staid management book genre welcomed an off-color title to its shelves. Despite a name unable to be printed in a family newspaper,...
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Analysis: The real, simple lesson we can take from the Equifax fiascoSep 24, 2017 7:20 am - The Equifax scandal began with the company's belated admission that cyberthieves may have made off with credit-scoring profiles of 143 million people, including their So...
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Analysis: What regular investors should do about the Fed's big moveSep 24, 2017 7:20 am - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it will slowly reduce the $4.5 trillion in U.S. securities that it bought up a few years back when it helped prop up a global finan...
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Analysis: The shrinking gender wage gap and what it means for menSep 24, 2017 7:20 am - The Census Bureau recently reported some bright news: Middle-class incomes rose last year to the highest level ever recorded, a long-awaited sign of healing from the Gre...
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Why it's so hard for Americans to save for retirementSep 24, 2017 7:19 am - More than 35 years after he revolutionized the way Americans plan for retirement, Ted Benna is still trying to make it easier for people to save. Benna, who is sometimes...
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Goodbye Apple store, hello 'town square'?Sep 24, 2017 7:18 am - Goodbye, Apple store. From now on, the company says, its stores are "town squares." Moments before unveiling the iPhone X, Apple executives introduced its new concept: C...
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Analysis: The most important economic fight going on right nowSep 24, 2017 7:17 am - This is what passes for good news nowadays: Middle-class households might finally be making more money, in inflation-adjusted, or "real," terms, than they were in 1999. ...
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Wife wonders if spouse's job-hopping is smartSep 24, 2017 7:17 am - Q: My husband changed careers a few years ago to a niche retail industry. Six months after starting in an entry-level position, he was recruited to manage a startup in a...