Articles filed under Washington Post
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How being a woman can ding your credit scoreFeb 21, 2016 6:40 am - Women have less debt than men. But despite their lower debt loads, they still have lower credit scores. Why the disparity? It may all come down to the fact that men stil...
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Career Coach: What we should learn from adversityFeb 21, 2016 6:39 am - Recently, a few commentators remarked that Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton did not respond well to questions after his loss to Peyton Manning in the Superbowl. ...
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New York's futuristic new pay phones don't require any payment at allFeb 21, 2016 6:37 am - New York's futuristic, high-tech pay phones - which are embedded with touch-screen tablets - are finally going live on Thursday. The name "pay phone" doesn't quite do it...
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Adidas hopes you'll pay $600-a-year for a workout clothes subscriptionFeb 21, 2016 6:35 am - Whatever your shopping preferences, it seems these days that there's a subscription box to cater to them. Birchbox, which peddles a monthly box of curated beauty samples...
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New America Foundation says it's time to abolish federal student loansFeb 21, 2016 6:35 am - What if the federal government stopped handing out students loans, got rid of higher education tax credits and eliminated Pell Grants for needy students? And instead, it...
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Walmart is rolling out big changes to worker schedules this yearFeb 21, 2016 6:34 am - After nearly two years of testing, Walmart is ready to roll out extensive scheduling changes for its hourly workforce in hopes of improving the daily experience for empl...
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Scientists create a 3-armed cyborg to play the drums like no human canFeb 21, 2016 6:33 am - Georgia Tech researchers have built a robotic arm that attaches to a drummer's shoulder and plays along. This allows drummers - now equipped with three arms - to play se...
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Your retirement plan may be supporting the 'most overpaid' CEOsFeb 21, 2016 6:31 am - In 2011, investors began getting the right to have their "say on pay," a rule in the Dodd-Frank financial reform act that requires companies to let shareholders cast an ...
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Analysis: Elon Musk's snarky response to a Koch-brothers plan to kill electric carsFeb 20, 2016 6:41 am - Tesla chief executive Elon Musk is rolling his eyes over a secret new project by conservatives that's reportedly aimed at undermining the electric car market. His tweet ...
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Letter from 'tech bro' draws sharp rebukes from San Francisco residentsFeb 20, 2016 6:40 am - Move over, Martin Shkreli. You now have competition for the title of America's most reviled millennial. The Internet exploded in outrage Wednesday after a San Francisco ...