The high cost of savings
Why the Pentagon must spend millions to terminate defense programs.
Washington region’s unemployment rate holds at 5.5 percent
The region has added 34,500 jobs in the past year thanks largely to surges in the education, health, leisure and hospitality sectors.
Human Genome Sciences shareholders file lawsuit against firm for poison pill
The lawsuit asserts that the company’s board did not uphold its responsibilities when it rejected a $2.6B proposal last month.
Del Frisco’s signing on for CityCenter
The steakhouse would become the first retail tenant locked in at the $950 million development.
Ideas worth the money? You decide.
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Veterans fill the billet for local firm
Bozzuto Group, a Greenbelt-based real estate company, employs 1,200 people, many of whom are military veterans who address a growing demand for reliable employees..
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Beneficial lessons
Nomoya Tinch Malcolm, a program director at Junior Achievement, helps young adults learn how to handle money.
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Foreclosure system in chaos
Some major lenders have discovered many mortgage documents were faked, forged or otherwise mishandled.
A gadget’s life
A look at which gadgets have gone from obscure to ubiquitous over the past 30 years, and how their prices shrank along the way.
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