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Tips for Working With a Recruiter 06/04/2017 08:00pm • The most common ways to start a job search are through referrals (i.e., asking people you know if their employers are hiring) and by searching through job postings. These methods are helpful, but not comprehensive. There is an additional option that can boost your prospects -- using a third-party se Data Doctors: Web browser advice for users who open multiple tabs 06/01/2017 09:24pm • Q: Which browser is best to use if I tend to open a lot of tabs? Tabbed browsing changed the way we used the internet and has become both a blessing and a curse. If you spend time gathering information from multiple sources while researching anything online, this feature has been a game change Even at $1,000, Amazon May Be a Steal 06/01/2017 08:00pm • Amazon.com (ticker: AMZN) stock joined a select club by hitting the $1,000-per-share mark this week for the first time. The tech giant joins companies like Alphabet ( GOOG, GOOGL), Priceline Group ( PCLN) and Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.A, BRK.B), among a few others, who have reached the $1,000 barrie What to Do When OCD Means Intrusive, Unwanted Thoughts 05/31/2017 08:00pm • We all have thoughts. You're standing at the edge of a subway platform. Your ride is approaching through the tunnel -- and perhaps you think, for the slightest instant, how easy it would be to jump in front of the moving train. Or to push the person next to you into its path. Horrific as it sounds, Apple Inc. (AAPL) Investors Watching for iPhone 8 Hints at WWDC 05/30/2017 08:00pm • The Apple Inc. (ticker: AAPL) 2017 Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off on June 5, and investors will be looking for any hints about possible iPhone 8 features. The 10-year anniversary iPhone model is expected out later this year, but Loup Ventures analyst Gene Munster says investors hoping fo 'Special,' 'delicious,' 'diarrhea': Google reveals states' most misspelled words 05/30/2017 05:16pm • WASHINGTON — The Scripps National Spelling Bee is upon us. The annual celebration of sesquipedalia (Definition, please? "Very long words") usually features some real head-scratchers. Last year's winning words, for example, were "Feldenkrais" and "gesellschaft." (You'll have to look those up on 7 Ways to Make Your Internship Most Valuable 05/29/2017 08:00pm • If you are a high school student, in college or are a recent graduate, one of the most profitable things you can do to explore your career options, gain some ground-floor experience and build your resume is an internship. Interning can come in all different forms: paid and unpaid, short-term and lon The Top 10 Investment Portfolio for Millennials 05/24/2017 08:00pm • These are 10 great investments.New data from TD Ameritrade has revealed the most popular stocks among the youngest generation of American retail investors. The firm sorted through the holdings of its millennial-aged clients born since 1981 to identify the companies that young investors see as the be Tips for avoiding Memorial Day getaway traffic 05/23/2017 11:30pm • WASHINGTON — If you're trying to avoid getaway traffic for the Memorial Day weekend, it really comes down to timing and flexibility. However, even that has become more difficult to predict over the years, said WTOP Traffic reporter Bob Marbourg. "Travelers have more resources available to make 7 ETFs for a Solid Portfolio Defense 05/23/2017 08:00pm • Exchange-traded funds that offer protection.Think it's silly to think about portfolio defense when the market is at all-time highs? Well, talk to investors who were fully long in mid-2000 and late 2007 and ask them if they had any regrets. Don't get caught flat-footed; the following exchange-traded Virtual Reality Will Change Hollywood Forever 05/22/2017 08:00pm • Hollywood filmmakers' ultimate goal has always been to make the audience forget it is watching a projection on a flat screen and instead feel like it is experiencing a story firsthand. For the film industry and investors alike, virtual reality may be the golden ticket to the next era of the movie i Investors Cheer Ford's Innovative New CEO 05/21/2017 08:00pm • Ford Motor Co. (ticker: F) shares traded higher by more than 1.3 percent on Monday morning after the company announced it would replace CEO Mark Fields with the head of its autonomous vehicles department, Jim Hackett. Ford and its investors are hoping Hackett can turn around Ford's slumping profits FANG Stocks: Which One Is Leading in AI? 05/18/2017 08:00pm • Artificial intelligence is the next big thing -- and Silicon Valley isn't planning to miss the boat when it arrives. In fact, the so-called FANG stocks -- an acronym for the large-cap growth stocks Facebook (ticker: FB), Amazon.com ( AMZN), Netflix ( NFLX) and Google ( GOOG, GOOGL) -- are rapidly i Google Fires Latest Shot in Driverless Car War 05/18/2017 08:00pm • Tesla Inc (ticker: TSLA) is the presumptive leader in driverless automobile technology. However, a new deal between Alphabet Inc ( GOOG) ( GOOGL) and ride-hailing startup company Lyft could be a sign that competition is heating up in the non-traditional auto industry. Waymo, Google's driverless car 6 Pro Tips for Maximizing Rewards Points This Summer 05/17/2017 08:00pm • With summer around the corner, chances are you're wondering how to leverage your hard-earned hotel points and frequent flyer miles to book the ultimate vacation. Maybe you've collected miles while crisscrossing the globe for work. Perhaps you've stockpiled thousands of points with an affiliated cre