Articles filed under Washington Post
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When to put yourself out there ... or notNov 01, 2015 7:22 am - Q: A couple of years ago, I applied for a unique job way out of my league. They understandably hired a more qualified person (I didn't even get a call). Would it be real...
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When it comes to investing, there is no free lunchNov 01, 2015 7:21 am - Deep down inside, you already know this: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, financially or otherwise. Yes, of course, you understand that. You have heard it over...
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CEOs with daughters run more socially responsible companies, research findsNov 01, 2015 7:06 am - Business school professors have a knack for finding some pretty bizarre links between the personal lives of CEOs and the professional results at the companies they run. ...
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How Social Security penalizes working womenNov 01, 2015 7:01 am - Most people think Social Security operates on a simple principle. While you work, you pay taxes. The more you pay, the fatter the checks you cash once your retire. But t...
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Why home buying was a bust for many African Americans during the boomNov 01, 2015 5:48 am - By now, it is no secret that the housing bust hit black homebuyers harder than whites. But a surprising new study shows that many new black homeowners also lost substant...
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Millennials' top competition for condos might be their parentsNov 01, 2015 5:48 am - Millennials have tough new competition for the condominiums and apartments heating up the nation's housing market: Mom and Dad. Roughly 10,000 baby boomers are retiring ...
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Rates expected to rise for key Affordable Care Act plansNov 01, 2015 5:18 am - The prices for a popular and important group of health plans sold through the federal insurance exchange will climb by an average of 7.5 percent for the coming year, a j...
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New Squad app is Tinder for friendsOct 31, 2015 7:12 am - Every day, it seems like there's a new app billing itself as the Tinder for something other than dating. There's UPTOP, the Tinder of real estate. Zola, where you can sw...
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'Leon' lets you play adventure game on TwitterOct 31, 2015 7:11 am - Washington Post A very fun choose-your-own adventure game - playable entirely on Twitter - went live last week, complete with pixel art, secret hints, and lots of surpr...
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Google officially embraces the podcastOct 31, 2015 6:43 am - Google will now officially support podcasts for Android, through its Google Play store. According to an official post from Google, the company is launching an official p...