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Lineup announced for Lake Anne Jazz & Blues Festival on Labor Day weekend 08/11/2017 02:45pm • This Labor Day Weekend, Lake Anne Plaza will once again be infiltrated by an influx of jazz and blues tunes. The 11th annual Lake Anne Jazz & Blues Festival will hit the plaza Saturday, Sept. 2. The lineup of musicians for the festival includes many well-known names in the local music communi Will Partnering With Amazon.com Save Retailers? 08/09/2017 08:00pm • Faced with the prospect of Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) crushing them, traditional retailers increasingly are choosing to partner with their giant nemesis instead. An SLI Systems study found that 65 percent of retailers have forged partnerships with Amazon as a way to increase revenue, with almost hal Arlington explores telling homeowners about issues preventing tear-downs 07/25/2017 09:05am • Homeowners could be notified in future tax assessments if their property is subject to any special circumstances that would prevent tearing down and rebuilding their house without County Board approval. Such special circumstances would include homes on so-called pipe-stem lots, which have a n Designer from Va. has HGTV pilot that will air later this month 07/23/2017 11:00pm • Lauren Liess has been a face in the Northern Virginia interior-decorating scene for years. Now Liess, formerly of Herndon and now of Great Falls, has the opportunity to spread her knowhow nationwide. Liess and her husband, David, are now the stars of their own television show, “Best Home on Amazon.com (AMZN) Has a Lot Riding on Amazon Prime Day 07/10/2017 08:00pm • Today is Amazon Prime Day -- the online retailer's annual one-day sale that, in just three years, has become a major market-moving event for Amazon.com, Inc (ticker: AMZN) and its competitors. Analysts expect the sales of Amazon Prime Day to be the biggest in the company's history, and the bar has Should Tech Investors Curb Their Enthusiasm?   07/05/2017 08:00pm • Talk of a tech bubble has percolated in the past few weeks, and a July 3 computer glitch that incorrectly showed tech company stock prices crashing didn't help. Tech investors were already on edge after a Goldman Sachs report prompted some of the hottest tech stocks to tumble in June. The investment Are Tech Stocks Partying Like It's 1999? 06/25/2017 08:00pm • The U.S. market is reaching new highs in 2017, with Apple (ticker: AAPL) joining the FANG stocks -- Facebook ( FB), Amazon.com ( AMZN), Netflix ( NFLX), and Google (Alphabet) ( GOOG, GOOGL) -- as significant contributors to the market rally. Comparisons to the dot-com mania of 1999 are inevitable, Why You Should Buy Convertible Bonds Now 05/22/2017 08:00pm • The time is ripe for investing in convertible bonds. You may not have heard of them before, but these hybrid securities can help protect your wealth if interest rates rise or stock prices fall. Convertible bonds are fixed-income securities that can be converted into the stock of the company that iss The Value of Fear and Greed 05/01/2017 08:00pm • "Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful." -- Warren Buffett In February 2009, the Standard & Poor's 500 index crashed to 735. When billions of dollars were fleeing the stock market looking for safe harbor, if you dared to put in $30,000 in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT) Cutting Prices, Jobs To Compete With Amazon.com 04/12/2017 08:00pm • Wal-Mart Stores Inc (ticker: WMT) has announced its latest aggressive move to fight back against increasing online competition from Amazon.com ( AMZN). This week, Wal-Mart said it will be cutting hundreds of additional jobs and lowering certain online prices, but Wall Street still has mixed feeling Review: Chris Evans raises child prodigy in family drama 'Gifted' 04/07/2017 01:58am • WASHINGTON -- "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979) won Best Picture by exploring a single dad seeking custody of his young child, while "Good Will Hunting" (1997) won Best Screenplay by exploring a young math prodigy seeking self-worth. "Gifted" plays out like the square root of both movies, resulti Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Has the U.S. Retail Sector Reeling 04/06/2017 08:00pm • As unbelievable as it sounds that one tech company could take down an entire sector of the U.S. economy, Amazon.com, Inc. (ticker: AMZN) may be single-handedly destroying U.S. retail. Retailers have seen the Amazon retail juggernaut coming for years, and yet the Amazon body count continues to rise. 10 ETFs to Buy for Aggressive Growth 04/04/2017 08:00pm • So-called "aggressive growth" exchange-traded funds are geared toward exactly that: aggressive growth stocks, which typically come with some heightened risk. But that's the cracked egg that makes the omelet. Investors of most stripes should have at least some money allocated toward riskier growth st 5 Ratios Investors Need to Know 04/02/2017 08:00pm • Most investors are familiar with the price-earnings ratio, or P/E, a quick and easy guide to whether a stock or index is expensive or cheap. But experts have produced a raft of other ratios, such as price-book and enterprise value-EBITDA. Which ones to you really have to understand to buy and sell 7 Terrific Creative and Media Jobs for 2017 03/27/2017 08:00pm • Where do right-brained workers thrive?Whether they're performing in plays or mixing music tracks, creative types help us interpret our world. This list features the top jobs for those who have a flair for dance or who are adept with a pen or a camera. Art directors, for instance, make a median annua