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My Job Chart organizes chores, teaches kids about money 05/06/2014 11:21am • WASHINGTON -- Getting children to do household chores, and teaching them the value of money, can be a challenge for parents. But an online chore chart and reward system called My Job Chart can help parents teach these life lessons. Gregg Murset, founder and CEO of My Job Chart, says he invent Target's CEO is out in wake of big security breach 05/06/2014 06:32am • ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Target's CEO has become the first boss of a major corporation to lose his job over a breach of customer data, showing how responsibility for computer security now reaches right to the top.Gregg Steinhafel, who was also president and chairman, stepp Target's CEO is out in wake of big security breach 05/06/2014 06:32am • ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Target's CEO has become the first boss of a major corporation to lose his job over a breach of customer data, showing how responsibility for computer security now reaches right to the top.Gregg Steinhafel, who was also president and chairman, stepp Miami looks beyond beaches, bikinis to tech 05/05/2014 07:34pm • LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ Associated Press MIAMI (AP) -- Famed for its beaches, cruises and cafecitos, South Florida is now angling to become one of the nation's next tech hot spots by leveraging its role as the gateway to Latin America and luring northern entrepreneurs with cheap living costs and lots of s Business Highlights 05/05/2014 06:00pm • The Associated Press ___Target's chairman and CEO out in wake of breachNEW YORK (AP) -- Target's massive data breach has now cost the company's CEO his job.Target announced Monday that Chairman, President and CEO Gregg Steinhafel is out nearly five months after the retailer disclosed the breach, wh Chocolate tasting to benefit Children's Inn 05/05/2014 03:25pm • Local chocolate maker Choquette and Bradley Food & Beverage are teaming up for a special fundraiser for the Children’s Inn at NIH. From 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Choquette, Bacchus Importers and the store at 6904 Arlington Rd. will host a chocolate and sparkling wine tasting, with al Thinking about a career change? Here's what to consider 05/02/2014 08:53am • Economists predict that the labor market will improve in 2014 — the unemployment rate will fall while job opportunities rise. In other words, it’s time to consider new opportunities and find your dream job. When considering your next career move, remember that your résumé d Is The End Near For County-Controlled Alcohol Distribution? 04/28/2014 02:35pm • The debate over Montgomery County’s control of alcohol distribution was reignited on Friday with this Washington Post opinion piece from a member of the county’s Nighttime Economy Task Force and a prominent Silver Spring restaurant owner. Evan Glass, who served on the Task Force and who Online booking sites aim to attract customers with big travel deals 04/28/2014 09:45am • WASHINGTON -- Online travel agencies are trying to get customers to make the switch from browsers to bookers with loads of deals in time for summer vacation planners. Travel websites such as Orbitz, Expedia and Hotels.com are offering incentives to customers to book through their sites by offer 'Cyberspying' increases among angry spouses 04/24/2014 08:41am • WASHINGTON -- Dirty tricks are nothing new in divorce cases, but technology is prompting a growing trend in "cyberspying." "Parents are using technology to spy on the other parent, and they're using their children as agents, to take this technology into the other parent's home," says Kathryn Di Arlington Agenda (April 21-27) 04/21/2014 05:00am • Arlington Agenda is a listing of interesting events for the week ahead in Arlington County. If you’d like to see your event featured, fill out the event submission form. Also, be sure to check out our event calendar. Thursday Yards Brewery Tap Takeover* RedRocks Arlington (2501 Colum D.C. mayoral candidates call parking ticket system 'maddening' 04/17/2014 09:07pm • WASHINGTON -- Both candidates for D.C. mayor want to overhaul the District's parking enforcement to end bad tickets, confusing signs and lengthy appeals. Council members Muriel Bowser and David Catania, who will face off in November, have signed on to support a bill to overhaul the ticketing pr Kickstarter campaign would help fund Lorton bakery 04/16/2014 03:05pm • SPRINGFIELD -- Armed with a business plan, a financial background and a love of baking, Tanya Logan plans to open a commercial bakery in Lorton, Va. Logan, a full-time, classically trained pastry chef, wants to fill a niche with Soul Cakes by Tanya. "We're a local business with local ties. We're t 24-Year-Old Launches Meals-To-Go Shop 04/02/2014 01:30pm • A 24-year-old Arlington native has opened a new food concept shop in the Dominion Hills neighborhood focused on reheatable meals to bring home to the family. Taste by Katie opened yesterday at 6017 Wilson Blvd, in the Dominion Hills Centre. Chef Katie Gilman, who has operated Taste as a home Brush With Predator Inspires Child Safety Tech Startup 03/24/2014 12:00pm • Editor’s Note: Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow.com, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups and their founders. The Ground Floor, Monday’s office space for young companies in Rosslyn, is now open. The Me