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Amazon's Bezos, Google's Schmidt invest in DC startup EverFi 07/27/2016 01:10pm • WASHINGTON — District-based education technology company EverFi is getting more backing from big name internet pioneers, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Google chairman Eric Schmidt. EverFi has raised $40 million in a new round of funding, led by Bezos' investment arm, Bezos Expedition, Twitter Earnings Reveal Larger Issues for TWTR Stock 07/26/2016 08:00pm • Twitter (ticker: TWTR) reported second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, and investors were not impressed. TWTR stock plunged 12 percent as Wall Street lamented a revenue miss and exceptionally poor third-quarter revenue guidance. The problems are manifold, but the most glaring issue is slowing revenue Facebook: Earnings Catapult FB Stock to All-Time Highs 07/26/2016 08:00pm • Social media giant Facebook (ticker: FB) crushed earnings, revenue and active user expectations on Wednesday, catapulting the stock as much as 7 percent higher as Facebook continued its already impressive winning streak and reached another all-time high. Shares topped the $130 level for the first t Adjust to College as an Out-of-State Student 07/25/2016 08:00pm • Samantha Shay, 21, grew up in a rural town in Jonestown, Pennsylvania, about a 3 1/2 hour drive away from Adelphi University. Joining school clubs helped her adapt to the pace of city life in Long Island, New York, and find her place on campus -- but she had to get used to living without her mom's h Apple Stock Moves Higher on Strong Earnings Report (AAPL) 07/25/2016 08:00pm • Apple (ticker: AAPL) stock spiked by more than 6.5 percent in after-hours trading Tuesday after the technology juggernaut reported quarterly earnings and revenue figures that were down from a year ago, but still managed to exceed analysts' dour expectations. And perhaps just as importantly, Apple ma 10 money-saving European travel tricks 07/25/2016 01:00pm • Summer is a popular, albeit expensive, time to visit Europe. But favorable exchange rates against the U.S. dollar and a decline in tourism due to safety concerns have created some great vacation deals. Throw these essential saving strategies into the mix and voilà, you can travel cheaply across Eur Ways to jazz up tap water, find free refill spots 07/25/2016 04:40am • WASHINGTON — The latest heat wave is hanging around, creating a four-day weekend of sweltering temperatures. So, if your water is getting a little boring to you, there are ways to jazz it up while staying hydrated during the last day of this heat stretch. "Drinking plain water doesn't have to 7 Great Stocks That Cost $10 or Less 07/24/2016 08:00pm • For the price of a bar burger, two packs of supermarket brats or a tandem of mochas, you can satisfy your hunger in an altogether different way: Plunk down $10 on a share of stock. While that may not sound like the gilded road to riches, it's certainly more realistic than buying 1.3 percent of a Cl 5 Big Stocks Reporting Earnings This Week: AAPL AMZN F FB GOOGL 07/24/2016 08:00pm • Welcome to the most anticipated week on Wall Street's earnings calendar. Following a couple of weeks of boring bank reports, narrative-loving investors finally get some juicy headlines to bite into as their favorite tech stocks step up to the earnings confessional. Apple, Facebook, Amazon.com ... an 5 Myths About Online Travel Agencies 07/21/2016 08:00pm • With a dizzying array of discounted vacation packages floating across the web, securing a bargain seems like a simple task. But with online travel agencies like Expedia reportedly tweaking search results to promote certain hotel listings and a rising number of book-direct initiatives from major bran The Irrational Investor and Behavioral Finance 07/21/2016 08:00pm • Just as anyone knows who's come home to the sight of a dusty moose head purchased on eBay -- and the excited spouse bragging about snagging the Moose Noggin Deal of the Decade -- otherwise sane people have the craziest reasons for doing what they do with their money. And the finance-strange behavior 5 Tips to Interact Successfully With Professors, Students in Online Courses 07/21/2016 08:00pm • Did you ever send an email or submit a discussion forum post that you wish you could take back? Most people have. As more interactions shift from in-person to text-based communications, a subtle but meaningful interpersonal feedback loop is lost: We can no longer scan non-verbal cues to adjust conte What to Do When a Company Buys Back Stock 07/19/2016 08:00pm • Investors in individual stocks are familiar with notices of corporate buybacks -- when a company goes to the open market to repurchases shares it had once sold to the public. Reducing shares in circulation raises earnings per share, which should push share prices up, and buybacks are usually touted 5 Ways to Save on College Visits 07/19/2016 08:00pm • Come fall, families with high schoolers will embark on pilgrimages to college campuses across the country to ask questions and decide where to apply. This is an expense that many parents don't think about, but the travel costs can add up quickly. Still, visiting top schools is a worthwhile experien Is the Stock Market Hooked on Low Rates? 07/19/2016 08:00pm • Wall Street is booming -- the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index have both hit all-time highs, and equities have nicely tracked progress in the wider economy. The current economic expansion is 84 months old, nearly twice the age of the average expansion since 1900,