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5 Ways an IRA Can Save Your Retirement 11/09/2016 07:00pm • Many Americans have no retirement savings at all. Families across the U.S. have a median of just $5,000 stashed away, according to an Economic Policy Institute of 2013 Survey of Consumer Finance data. But families who have a retirement account have managed to tuck away a median of $60,000 for the f 5 Reasons Donald Trump's Presidency Will Include a Recession 11/09/2016 07:00pm • Donald Trump begins his reign in the Oval Office on Jan. 20, 2017, inheriting an economy with a seven-year bull market, low inflation and an unemployment rate of less than 5 percent. After an initial election night stumble, the stock market is flirting with record highs. Interest rates remain close Ultimate inauguration party? Rent out the entire JW Marriott 11/09/2016 02:08pm • WASHINGTON — For $2.5 million, you and a few hundred friends can have almost half of the JW Marriott hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue to yourself during the 2017 presidential inauguration. Destination DC has partnered with several D.C. hotels to offer inauguration packages, but the "JW Marriott Pre Virginia 2016 general election results 11/09/2016 07:00am • Virginia residents voted for local offices and ballot referendums, two constitutional amendments and U.S. House races in addition to president. Check back Tuesday night for unofficial election results plus a county-by-county breakdown of the presidential election. Presidential results by county Comstock fends off Bennett to win 2nd term; Wittman, Garrett, Beyer triumph in Va. 11/09/2016 03:20am • WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock survived a difficult campaign challenge from Democrat LuAnn Bennett to secure a second term representing Virginia's 10th District on Tuesday. Republican Comstock garnered 53 percent of the vote to Bennett's 47 percent. Comstock, a freshman lawmaker wh What's the Value of Your Totaled Car? 11/08/2016 07:00pm • Several years ago, when Linda Childers' Ford sedan was totaled, her insurance company offered her a low-ball settlement offer. "A friend who worked in the auto repair industry suggested that I look online for cars that were the same model, mileage condition as mine and see what they were being sol Take 5 Steps to Reach a College Savings Goal 11/08/2016 07:00pm • Maureen Spain and her husband feel the pull of competing financial priorities. They want to save for college for their three children -- ages 2, 5 and 7 -- but they also have child care costs, retirement accounts to fill and are still paying off Spain's graduate school loans. When their oldest son Private Prison Stocks Swell on Donald Trump's Win 11/08/2016 07:00pm • After a topsy-turvy election night and more stable market Wednesday, one industry is standing out as a large benefactor of President-elect Donald Trump's victory: private prisons. Stock in CoreCivic, the biggest private prison contractor that was formerly known as the Corrections Corporation of Ame You Might Have to Start Paying More for Soda (KO) (PEP) 11/08/2016 07:00pm • Amid an election for the ages, four cities voted to impose soda taxes that will challenge soda industry stalwarts like Coca-Cola Co. (ticker: KO) and PepsiCo Inc. (PEP). One-cent-per-ounce soda taxes appear to be heading to San Francisco, Oakland and Albany, all in California, reports Bloomberg. Bo 4 Ways President-Elect Donald Trump Could Change Your Finances 11/08/2016 07:00pm • The election we thought would never end just did, and now we have a new president-elect: Donald J. Trump. While some are celebrating and others are reeling, one question unifying Americans is perhaps this: What does the election mean for my wallet? While there's no way of predicting the future of a Donald Trump: 'It Is Time for Us to Come Together' 11/08/2016 07:00pm • Capping an enormous political upset that even his supporters couldn't have imagined just hours earlier, president-elect Donald Trump graciously claimed victory in arguably the most divisive political campaign in recent history, and told a bitterly polarized nation: "It is time for us to come togethe Republicans Give President Donald Trump a GOP Senate 11/08/2016 07:00pm • President-elect Donald Trump has a Republican Senate and House with which to work. Dear Democrats: Things are about to go from bad to worse. Buckle up. Democrats came into 2016 with the belief that winning back the upper chamber was an eminently doable task, a sentiment that feels like it existed eo Elections officials: Scattered problems at polling places 11/08/2016 03:40pm • WASHINGTON — Area elections officials say there have been scattered problems at polling places. In Fairfax County, some poll workers were inappropriately asking voters for driver's licenses instead of the other forms of identification they presented. Fairfax County General Registrar Cameron German investor buys 2 historic Georgetown buildings 11/08/2016 12:40pm • WASHINGTON — Deka Immobilien GmbH has acquired 3241 and 3245 M Street Northwest, in Georgetown, from Foxhall Partners, and will add the prime retail properties to its real estate mutual fund. D.C.-based Foxhall Partners acquired the adjacent buildings in 2010 for a combined $4.6 million. JLL C 4 Tips for Retooling Your Retirement Plan After Divorce 11/07/2016 07:00pm • Getting divorced can pack an emotional punch but your finances can also take a serious hit, particularly where your retirement outlook is concerned. "Someone who has recently gotten divorced has just been through a life-changing event that will have a significant impact on all areas of their retire