Thomas Heath The Washington Post
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Lyft Plunges Below IPO Price, Sending Cautionary Message to Other Unicorns
Lyft is the first in a wave of highly anticipated, so-called unicorn companies that are expected to hit the public markets this year.
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Doctor Runs Side Operation: Selling Coffee To Pay For Healthcare Overseas
Coffee is as much a part of my morning as CNBC and the newspapers. I drink my daily mug of java - with its big T on the side for you-know-who - with a healthy splash of skim milk.
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Top Pentagon Spokeswoman Resigns Amid Internal Investigation
The Defense Department's top spokeswoman, who had been under investigation since May over whether she mistreated employees, abruptly resigned Monday night within hours of the departure of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.
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Trump Celebrates Low Oil Prices, Tweeting ''Thank You To Saudi Arabia''
The swift and steep drop in oil prices has been the talk of Wall Street for several weeks and is good news for 30 million American travelers as they head into a busy Thanksgiving holiday.
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Apple Becomes First Company to Breach $1 Trillion Stock Market Valuation
Apple closed Thursday above the $1 trillion mark, finishing the day up 2.92 percent at a share price of $207.39.
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Apple Becomes First $1 Trillion Company In History
Apple became the first $1 trillion company shortly before noon on Thursday, briefly crossing the lofty mark in a closely watched ascent that made stock market history.
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Meet The One Guy Who's Happy About The Wild Swings In The Stock Market
If you have a pulse and own a stock, you probably have seen Peter Tuchman's face. But a household name he ain't. Tuchman's histrionics play out on the stage of the New York Stock Exchange, where the 60-year-old trader - "I've been 55 for five years" - is known as the most photographed person at the NYSE.
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Dow Plunges More Than 1,000 Points On Specter Of Higher Interest Rates
The Dow Jones industrial average nosedived more than 1,000 points Thursday, registering another eye-popping loss for the closely-followed index, as wild trading and fears of rising interest rates around the world took hold of traders.
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Dow Closes Down Nearly 1,200 Points After Plunging More Than 1,500 Points In Trading
The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 1,175 points Monday in an exceptionally volatile day for financial markets around the world, stirring concerns about the durability of the long-running stock gains.
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Bitcoin Surge Stirs Up Worries About A Bubble
The digital currency revolution and Bitcoin in particular have drawn attention from the Prime Minister of South Korea to Federal Reserve nominee Jay Powell to academics, central banks, and JPMorgan Chase chairman Jamie Dimon
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She Gave Up $100,000 A Year Job In Banking To Seek 'World Chocolate Domination'
The 45-year-old entrepreneur manufactures high-end chocolates. She owns her own business, called Chouquette (pronounced shoo-ket). She makes money.
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Meet The Woman Who Coaches Buffett And Gates In Bridge
Sharon Osberg even makes money from the game. She owns a piece of an online bridge company called BridgeBase that earns her a dividend, and gives her a rooting interest in the game's popularity.
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Jeff Bezos Briefly Surpasses Bill Gates To Become Richest Person In The World
Amazon.com founder and The Washington Post owner Jeffrey P. Bezos on Thursday briefly became the richest person in the world, displacing Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
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NASA Analyst Left A $200,000 Job To Sell Cigars
When I think of cigars, I think of endless tobacco fields and warehouses where the leaves dry. I think of open-air factories where dozens of "rollers" hand-make the cigars under the soft rotation of overhead fans while "lectors" - readers - help workers pass the time by reading aloud from newspapers and books.
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Ford Shuffles Executive Ranks In Its Race To Take On Silicon Valley
Ford earned more than $25 billion in profit in the past four years, helped largely by the surging U.S. auto and truck market.
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Lyft Plunges Below IPO Price, Sending Cautionary Message to Other Unicorns
Lyft is the first in a wave of highly anticipated, so-called unicorn companies that are expected to hit the public markets this year.
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Doctor Runs Side Operation: Selling Coffee To Pay For Healthcare Overseas
Coffee is as much a part of my morning as CNBC and the newspapers. I drink my daily mug of java - with its big T on the side for you-know-who - with a healthy splash of skim milk.
-
Top Pentagon Spokeswoman Resigns Amid Internal Investigation
The Defense Department's top spokeswoman, who had been under investigation since May over whether she mistreated employees, abruptly resigned Monday night within hours of the departure of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.
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Trump Celebrates Low Oil Prices, Tweeting ''Thank You To Saudi Arabia''
The swift and steep drop in oil prices has been the talk of Wall Street for several weeks and is good news for 30 million American travelers as they head into a busy Thanksgiving holiday.
-
Apple Becomes First Company to Breach $1 Trillion Stock Market Valuation
Apple closed Thursday above the $1 trillion mark, finishing the day up 2.92 percent at a share price of $207.39.
-
Apple Becomes First $1 Trillion Company In History
Apple became the first $1 trillion company shortly before noon on Thursday, briefly crossing the lofty mark in a closely watched ascent that made stock market history.
-
Meet The One Guy Who's Happy About The Wild Swings In The Stock Market
If you have a pulse and own a stock, you probably have seen Peter Tuchman's face. But a household name he ain't. Tuchman's histrionics play out on the stage of the New York Stock Exchange, where the 60-year-old trader - "I've been 55 for five years" - is known as the most photographed person at the NYSE.
-
Dow Plunges More Than 1,000 Points On Specter Of Higher Interest Rates
The Dow Jones industrial average nosedived more than 1,000 points Thursday, registering another eye-popping loss for the closely-followed index, as wild trading and fears of rising interest rates around the world took hold of traders.
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Dow Closes Down Nearly 1,200 Points After Plunging More Than 1,500 Points In Trading
The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 1,175 points Monday in an exceptionally volatile day for financial markets around the world, stirring concerns about the durability of the long-running stock gains.
-
Bitcoin Surge Stirs Up Worries About A Bubble
The digital currency revolution and Bitcoin in particular have drawn attention from the Prime Minister of South Korea to Federal Reserve nominee Jay Powell to academics, central banks, and JPMorgan Chase chairman Jamie Dimon
-
She Gave Up $100,000 A Year Job In Banking To Seek 'World Chocolate Domination'
The 45-year-old entrepreneur manufactures high-end chocolates. She owns her own business, called Chouquette (pronounced shoo-ket). She makes money.
-
Meet The Woman Who Coaches Buffett And Gates In Bridge
Sharon Osberg even makes money from the game. She owns a piece of an online bridge company called BridgeBase that earns her a dividend, and gives her a rooting interest in the game's popularity.
-
Jeff Bezos Briefly Surpasses Bill Gates To Become Richest Person In The World
Amazon.com founder and The Washington Post owner Jeffrey P. Bezos on Thursday briefly became the richest person in the world, displacing Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
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NASA Analyst Left A $200,000 Job To Sell Cigars
When I think of cigars, I think of endless tobacco fields and warehouses where the leaves dry. I think of open-air factories where dozens of "rollers" hand-make the cigars under the soft rotation of overhead fans while "lectors" - readers - help workers pass the time by reading aloud from newspapers and books.
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Ford Shuffles Executive Ranks In Its Race To Take On Silicon Valley
Ford earned more than $25 billion in profit in the past four years, helped largely by the surging U.S. auto and truck market.
