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7 Top PayPal Competitors to Watch 11/24/2020 12:00am • These are PayPal's top competitors.PayPal (ticker: PYPL) has a heralded and unique history on Wall Street; its cabal of co-founders and early executives later went on to create or fund some of the highest-growing, most innovative companies on earth. Early Facebook (FB) backer Peter Thiel, Tesla (TSL U.S. Needs to Reassess Its Antitrust Case Against Google 11/23/2020 12:00am • Put yourself in the well-shined shoes of some ambitious lawyer in the Department of Justice -- someone who's managed to win a coveted spot on the team bringing the antitrust case against Google. This is the case of a lifetime. Billions of dollars are at stake in a precedent-setting legal action aga How Habit-Forming Routines Can Train Your ACT, SAT Test-Taking Brain 11/23/2020 12:00am • To do well on the ACT or SAT, you must know the content and format of the exam. It can also boost your performance to apply test- and section-specific strategies. However, the ingredients for successful test prep do not end there. In addition to acquiring knowledge, students should work on enhancin The spiritual mysteries of 'The Mandalorian' 11/22/2020 05:21am • In Disney's hit show "The Mandalorian," the title character has defeated a dragon, massive ice spiders and a horde of ugly squid-face creatures called Quarren. But in a recent episode, the stoic bounty hunter faced perhaps his most fearsome foe: pluralism. For the uni US Navy strongly opposed to Capital Beltway widening project 11/21/2020 06:07am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. This aerial image shows the edge of Naval Support Activity Bethesda ― home to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ― near the 8 Best 5G ETFs to Buy 11/18/2020 12:00am • Cash in on the digital revolution with these funds.When it comes to the megatrends that investors should watch in the coming years, the build-out of 5G -- or fifth generation technology -- telecommunications networks across the globe should be near the top of the list. After all, we've already seen 7 High-Risk Leveraged ETFs and ETNs to Watch 11/11/2020 12:00am • Consider these high-risk, high-reward investments carefully.In November 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission passed new regulations that would allow exchange-traded fund providers to bring out new "leveraged" products without seeking prior approval. Beyond any potential future offerings Amazon's Monopoly Problem in the EU; Alibaba's $74 Billion Shopping Holiday 11/11/2020 12:00am • Two out of the three major U.S. stock market indices rose on Wednesday, led by the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index, which bounced back with 2% gains following a two-day losing streak to start the week. The generally higher markets belied worrisome trends in new virus cases in the U.S., which set Inside the FBI's search for the dark web kingpin of Silk Road 11/10/2020 11:03pm • ▶ Watch Video: The FBI Declassified: Dangerous Journey on the Silk Road Through never-before-seen footage and in-depth interviews,  "The FBI Declassified" takes you inside the minds of heroic federal agents and analysts as they reveal how they solved some of the biggest cases of thei Department of Health offers COVID-19 exposure tracking app 11/10/2020 08:02pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland’s Department of Health launched its MD COVID Alert system Tuesday in an effort to bolster the state’s contact tracing effort Man found shot to death at New Carrollton Metro station 11/09/2020 07:27am • One man is dead after a shooting at the New Carrollton Metro station in Maryland Sunday night. Metro Transit police said around 11:20 p.m. they found a man who had been shot multiple times in the bus bay area near Ellin Road in West Lanham Hills. He died on the scene. The Ellin Road entranc Data Doctors: Why Snapseed is a great photo editing app for smartphones 11/06/2020 03:04pm • Q: Looking for more photo editing options for my smartphone — any app suggestions? The sophistication and technology built into our smartphones has consigned the use of traditional point-and-shoot cameras to a very small percentage of users. 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