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See the Top 10 Most-Shorted ETFs in October 11/20/2018 07:00pm • Short selling is a sign investors feel more bearish.Investors have been short selling exchange-traded funds along with stocks as the markets have experienced more volatility. ETF short interest rose around 7 percent to $176.5 billion in October, according to a report by S3 Partners, a New York-based Online Platform Fori Mazdoori Connects Workers in Pakistan to Employers 11/20/2018 07:00pm • Upon finishing his doctorate in design in Italy and traveling the world for work and research, Pakistani technologist Musstanser Tinauli came back to his homeland and began looking for a business idea that would bring about positive economic change in a region where about a quarter of people live be Family offices are not just for the superwealthy anymore 11/20/2018 03:17pm • WASHINGTON — When we first think of a family office, we might think of wealthy financiers and industrialists — like J.P. Morgan and the Rockefellers from the 19th century — and the management of their family empire to create a powerful and sustainable legacy. After all, when one is worth bi Does My Child Have Seasonal Affective Disorder? 11/19/2018 07:00pm • The clocks have been turned back and the days are shorter. For all of us, that means fewer hours of sunlight per day. For children who often head to school when it's dark outside and return from after-school activities while it's dark, they may see very, very little natural light. This is not a pro Panama's Ultimate Beach Escape 11/19/2018 07:00pm • The beautiful beaches of Panama attract locals and visitors. On Friday afternoons there is an exodus from Panama City as residents drive across the Bridge of the Americas and then west on the Pan-American Highway and head for the beach. Most people leaving Panama City for a regular weekend escape ar The Real Cost of Smoking 11/19/2018 07:00pm • When it comes to expensive habits worth quitting, smoking should be one of the first on the chopping block. Not only is regular tobacco use bad for your health, it can burn up your finances, too. "We don't realize how much far beyond that cost of a pack we're putting into (smoking)," says Jennifer 3 Things to Consider About Premedical Volunteer Opportunities 11/19/2018 07:00pm • Volunteer work has become a cornerstone of premedical extracurricular activities, exposing aspiring physicians to the socioeconomic and healthcare challenges faced by diverse populations, as well as cultivating clinical skills that are essential to a career in medicine. The breadth of volunteer exp Man arrested, charged with DUI after fatal Woodbridge crash 11/18/2018 02:50pm • WASHINGTON — A Woodbridge, Virginia, man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence Sunday after a crash left a passenger in his car dead. Prince William County police say 27-year-old Antonio Gonzalez was headed east in a 2011 Mini Cooper S on Dale Boulevard, approaching Neabsco How DC plans to keep its vulnerable residents safe this winter 11/18/2018 07:42am • WASHINGTON — DC’s preparations for the upcoming winter go beyond making sure there’s enough salt on the roads and enough plows to clear them. City leaders have also been busy making plans to help vulnerable residents, including the homeless, the elderly, and the disabled. These plans cou Trump sees wildfire areas, consoles those harmed by shooting 11/17/2018 09:41pm • PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday acknowledged Californians suffering from twin tragedies, walking through the ashes of a mobile home and RV park in a small northern town all but destroyed by deadly wildfires and privately consoling people grievin Cyclist struck, seriously injured by Montgomery Co. police vehicle 11/17/2018 01:17pm • WASHINGTON — A cyclist was seriously injured Friday night after he was struck by a Montgomery County police car in Bethesda, Maryland. The cyclist, whose identity has not been released, was struck by a 2016 Ford Interceptor around 11:10 p.m. on Connecticut Avenue at Jones Bridge Road. He was tr Today in History: Nov. 17 11/17/2018 12:15am • Today is Saturday, Nov. 17, the 321st day of 2018. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 17, 1973, President Richard Nixon told Associated Press managing editors in Orlando, Florida: ``People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook.'' On this date: Assassins Inc.: The Kremlin's secret squad of killers — Analysis 11/16/2018 06:50pm • In March 2016, WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green began investigating the suspicious deaths of Russian diplomats and others around the world linked, in some way, to the Kremlin. Some of them died in the U.S. — in New York and D.C. The deaths of some were deemed “natural.” Others w Pastor says Leesburg 'in slaveholding business' by leasing historic cemetery 11/16/2018 01:23pm • LEESBURG, Va. — A long-ignored African-American burial ground is the subject of an emotional disagreement over who should maintain the cemetery located near the Leesburg Airport in Virginia. "The Sycolin Cemetery is a historically segregated cemetery that contains over 40 graves of (formerly en How to Decide When to Switch From Bonds to Annuities 11/15/2018 07:00pm • While savings accounts or certificates of deposit should get a bump from continued interest rate hikes, the bonds in your portfolio may not fare as well. The State Street Investor Confidence Index, which measures investor sentiment, lost 3.4 points in October, falling to 84.4 on the heels of the Fe