Articles filed under Washington Post
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The states where people have the best and worst financial habitsOct 18, 2015 7:38 am - WASHINGTON - Where you live might have a huge impact on your wallet - and not just for the reasons you expect. Most consumers think of affordability when they calculate ...
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Multigeneration homes in demandOct 18, 2015 7:37 am - Michael Cox and Aimee Norwood, married baby boomers, sold their home and were about to sign a contract for a newly built house in Virginia when their lives took an unexp...
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The new, nude-less Playboy wants to attract millennialsOct 18, 2015 7:35 am - "If you're a man between the ages of 18 and 80, Playboy is meant for you," Hugh Hefner wrote in the first issue in 1953. Sixty-two years later, Playboy is ditching the n...
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Bernanke explains why he was right about the economyOct 18, 2015 7:32 am - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spent eight years as the leader of the world's most influential central bank during the most devastating global financial cr...
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The financial habits Americans struggle with mostOct 18, 2015 7:30 am - WASHINGTON - The rules that financial pros say people should follow if they want to build wealth are usually straightforward - pay your bills on time, have cash on hand ...
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Expert: Stop comparing federal pay to private sectorOct 18, 2015 7:30 am - WASHINGTON - The Great Pay Debate over federal vs. private-sector salaries and which are bigger erupted again last week with a new study from the Cato Institute. Now a f...
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What to do when your boss is a bad tipperOct 18, 2015 1:00 am - Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Reader: My boss is a bad tipper. When we ...
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No one knows why Facebook blocked the phrase 'everyone will know'Oct 17, 2015 7:43 am - On Sunday, a Redditor named "System_Requirements" made a mysterious discovery: If you try to post "everyone will know" on someone else's Facebook page, the system would ...
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How the smartphone killed the phrase 'brb'Oct 17, 2015 7:39 am - The initials "BRB" may refer to many things: the British Railways Board, the Banco de Brasilia, the Belorussian currency. But one thing it increasingly does not indicate...
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Twitter says layoffs part of 'streamlined roadmap'Oct 17, 2015 7:36 am - Twitter said Tuesday that it will trim its workforce worldwide by 336 employees, or about 8 percent, as it looks for ways to attract a bigger audience. The layoffs come ...