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The Latest Bad News For Your 401(k)?

As if your 401(k) hadn't been through enough. American workers, forced to look on helplessly as the value of their 401(k)s sink in sync with the Dow, now have something else to worry about. On Wednesday, General Motors told its nonunion employees that starting next month, it would stop matching t...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-25-2008
Obama, McCain Stand United In Pressing Hard for Rescue

After months on the campaign trail and countless missed votes, Barack Obama and John McCain returned to the Capitol last night as just two of 99 senators voting on a massive Wall Street rescue plan, but their forceful advocacy for the controversial measure may help push it into law.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-01-2008
Houses Add Up to A Snag for McCain

Sen. John McCain's inability to recall the number of homes he owns during an interview yesterday jeopardized his campaign's carefully constructed strategy to frame Democratic rival Barack Obama as an out-of-touch elitist and inspired a round of attacks that once again ratcheted up the negative...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 08-21-2008
A Social Network for Your Doctor, Pharmacist and Insurer

Imagine a virtual health clinic: Your lung doctor and heart specialist can pull up your online medical profile and chat, via instant messenger, about your medications. You schedule checkups online, create a wellness journal or even rate your general practitioner.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 08-15-2008
Game Over: Suit Spells the End For Facebook's Scrabulous App

It came as an unwelcome surprise to many Facebook friends and bored cubicle dwellers yesterday: Scrabulous was gone. The popular Scrabble knockoff was no longer available to U.S. users of the social networking site.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 07-29-2008
A Bearish Week for Area Firms

The Washington region's once-promising financial sector has taken some of the hardest hits among area stocks as the broader market has moved into bear territory.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 06-29-2008
NBC's Primary Source for Election '08

NEW YORK -- In a borrowed office at 30 Rock, Chuck Todd is on his cellphone, telling a Barack Obama strategist that his boss will probably fall just short of winning Indiana that night.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 05-11-2008
Economic Troubles Multiply Requests for Help in D.C. Area

The sagging economy and spike in food and energy prices are driving sharp increases in requests for government assistance in the Washington region, officials said.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 05-01-2008
Made for the City-Suburban Load

By Warren Brown Washington Post Staff Writer We spent an attentive week in the real world driving to work, shopping malls, banks, schools and medical offices. We also did spring cleaning, which meant hauling lots of wastefully purchased stuff to the dump. "Attentive week" means we gave particular...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 04-19-2008
Grocers Sour on Proposed Packaging Rule for Grapes

Just how many "shattered berries" -- or loose grapes -- should be allowed in the bag you pick up at the grocery store?

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 03-31-2008

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