Articles filed under Washington Post
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Electronic payments are finally speeding upOct 09, 2016 7:19 am - People who need to send cash to friends or relatives to, say, split the monthly bills or pay each other back after a night out, finally have better options. Sure, sendin...
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Facebook driving huge numbers to the pollsOct 09, 2016 7:18 am - There's been a lot of consternation in recent months about Facebook's impact on politics. If it's not fears of partisan censorship and suppressed trending topics, it's w...
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Career Coach: The art of managing family medical leaveOct 09, 2016 7:17 am - The email came just as I was beginning to think about the fall semester. One of our adjunct professors, a talented teacher with great ratings from students, was pregnant...
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More people are shopping on phones. Which retailers will reap the benefits?Oct 09, 2016 7:15 am - When you look at the explosive growth in purchases made on smartphones, you can see why the retail industry sees so much opportunity. This year, for example, mobile sale...
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How many hours of your life have you wasted on work email?Oct 09, 2016 7:14 am - Email is like the dirty laundry of the Internet. I do not mean that metaphorically. It's this burdensome time-suck that everyone hates but that remains essential to func...
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Why so many of America's sushi restaurants are Chinese-ownedOct 09, 2016 7:13 am - Eric Zhou grew up in China's Fujian province watching his father, an accomplished chef, whip up banquets of intricate Chinese dishes. But when Zhou moved to the United S...
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Gender gap in early career promotions should get more attentionOct 09, 2016 7:12 am - By now the statistics are well-known, if still unsettling: Women make up less than five percent of the CEOs at the biggest corporations. Just under 20 percent of directo...
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Author shares how to maximize your Medicare coverageOct 09, 2016 7:11 am - Philip Moeller is that rare person who gets two streams of income from Social Security. Like millions of other older Americans, he gets a monthly benefit. But he also ge...
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Ignoring deadly allergy goes beyond office 'prank'Oct 09, 2016 7:10 am - Q: I work in a small office. A few months back, while working in a common area, I began to cough and felt allergy symptoms kick in. I saw a co-worker, whose desk is near...
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How to figure out why your knee hurtsOct 09, 2016 7:00 am - I started running again this spring. I began slowly, with intermittent walking. All was good until the day both my knees started complaining. A twinge of pain accompanie...