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Maryland gets 4th Amazon fulfillment center, 1,500 more jobs 11/08/2017 12:47pm • WASHINGTON — Amazon will build an 855,000-square-foot fulfillment center at the Tradepoint Atlantic industrial park at Baltimore County's Sparrows Point. The new distribution center will create 1,500 Amazon jobs, the company said. Amazon already has 5,000 full-time employees at three existin New legislation calls for Metro-related sales tax hike 11/08/2017 10:46am • WASHINGTON — D.C. Council members are considering legislation that would increase the District's sales tax by 0.75 percent in order to funnel money into the Metro system for repairs and maintenance. The legislation, unveiled Tuesday, also would need to be approved by Maryland and Virginia befo Year-end tax planning in a year of uncertainty 11/08/2017 08:35am • WASHINGTON — Year-end 2017 tax planning is presenting its own unique set of challenges. A great deal of uncertainty exists regarding proposed tax reform legislation — uncertainty related to the changes themselves, as well as their timing. Will changes come into play for tax year 2018, or will th Northam tops Gillespie for Va. governor, leads Democratic statewide sweep 11/08/2017 01:45am • WASHINGTON — Democrat Ralph Northam has won Virginia's hard-fought race for governor, beating Republican Ed Gillespie on a night that saw Democrats flip at least 14 Republican-held seats in the House of Delegates - including seven in Northern Virginia. In a widely considered repudiation of Pres Latest: Virginia gov's race winner: 'The doctor is in' 11/07/2017 11:54pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ The Latest on the races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey (all times local): 10:20 p.m. Democrat Ralph Northam, a physician by trade and winner of Virginia's acrimonious governor's race, says he will seek to be a healer of divisions and political rancor when he takes Decision 2017: Virginia chooses next governor, delegates, local races 11/07/2017 08:00pm • WASHINGTON — Elections officials in the WTOP listening area reported strong turnout despite rainy weather as voters headed to the polls to choose the next governor, as well as decide competitive races for delegate and statewide contests for attorney general and lieutenant governor and some local Tips for Young Adults With ADHD Entering the Workforce for the First Time 11/07/2017 07:00pm • Accepting a new job, especially the first one out of high school or college, is often a time when just about everyone develops feelings of uncertainty. But for someone with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, that feeling may be magnified, compounding anxieties. People with ADHD often have exe What Income Investors Can Expect From Rising Rates 11/07/2017 07:00pm • With the Federal Reserve resuming normal monetary policy, fixed-income analysts say investors should start reviewing their portfolio holdings now to see if their current allocations still make sense. During the credit crisis, the Fed kept interest rates near zero and bought fixed-income securities Why You Should Avoid 401k Loans 11/07/2017 07:00pm • Though surveys show the average investor is not saving enough for retirement, some have done pretty well, using large contributions and handsome stock returns to build substantial holdings. But for many, a 401(k) is the most substantial account, perhaps the only account, and in an emergency the inve Know the Tax Implications of Eliminating Student Loans 11/07/2017 07:00pm • Federal student loan borrowers who cannot work due to an illness or injury may have their loans discharged due to total and permanent disability. Borrowers can qualify for this discharge in one of three ways: with doctor certification, Social Security benefits or certification from the Department of Virginia's Tax Amnesty program ending soon 11/07/2017 11:13am • Washington — Virginia taxpayers with delinquent state taxes are running out of time to pay up without penalty. Virginia's Tax Amnesty program, approved by the 2017 General Assembly, has a goal of collecting $89.5 million. In September, Virginia Tax sent almost 400,000 mailers to taxpayers wh How to Make Your Kid a Millionaire 11/06/2017 07:00pm • Listen up, kids -- and this case, we truly mean kids: If you want to invest your way to wealth by the time you hit 30, or even 20, it's definitely possible. You don't even need a huge honking loan from Mom and Dad to do it, though you'll likely need their guidance at some point. But let's say you ( How to Make a Taxable Account More Efficient 11/06/2017 07:00pm • Tax-advantaged accounts are the cornerstone of a solid retirement strategy, but a taxable brokerage account is an opportunity to expand your investment horizons. Nationwide, an estimated 17 million households own a taxable investment account, according to Deloitte. On average investors held a littl How Investors End Up Being Tactically Wrong 11/06/2017 07:00pm • Tactical asset allocation is an investment strategy that actively adjusts a portfolio's composition in response to market conditions. Unlike strategic asset allocation, a passive strategy that maintains fixed allocations at all times, tactical investors may deviate from those percentages to take ad What the Paradise Papers Reveal About Global Business and Political Elites 11/06/2017 07:00pm • By Ronen Palan The so-called Paradise Papers may sound familiar -- leaked documents from a law firm that specializes in offshore services reveal how the global elite avoids paying taxes. Even the name has the same ring to it as last year's Panama Papers expose. But the Paradise Papers are different,