Don't trust the crowd if you value the truth

Back when I was a newspaper editor in Rochester, N.Y., an investment club invited me to speak about small-company stocks, a subject I occasionally wrote about. Before the session, I talked with club members to learn more about how they picked stocks. They explained that they focused on a single...

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The Color of Money: Money is tight; give wisely

There's no surprise that charitable giving is down this year. A recession can make even the most altruistic person pull back.

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A great burden grows

A year after the global economy teetered on the verge of collapse, a recession -- a lingering and unwelcome guest -- has settled in at dinner tables across the land.

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Jobs Chat: Target federal applications to a few bulls-eye positions

Derrick T. Dortch, president of the Diversa Group, is a career counselor who specializes in government job searches and military transition. This is adapted from a recent chat at washingtonpost.com.

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Local Digest:

CONTRACTS Security company Northrop Grumman said it received a training contract with the National Guard valued at $50 million over five years.

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Online system tracks flight noise near Dulles, Reagan

The region's airports authority has unveiled an Internet system designed to help the public track noisy flights near area airports.

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GAO says a law limiting 'swipe fees' could be costly to credit card users

U.S. consumers may not save money and could wind up paying higher credit card costs if lawmakers force payment networks including Visa and MasterCard to cut fees charged to merchants, a government watchdog said.

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Problem mortgages hit new high at 14 percent

More than 14 percent of borrowers were in trouble on their mortgage during the third quarter, a new record, according to an industry survey released Thursday, which also suggests that the foreclosure rate is likely not to peak until next year as unemployment rates continue to rise.

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The CEO and the owner broke up. Now what?

The news that Los Angeles Dodgers owners Frank and Jamie McCourt are divorcing came with a bitter kick: Team chairman Frank's first move against his soon-to-be-ex was to fire her from her job as the Dodgers' chief executive.

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Pen 2.0: Your scribblings go digital

As founder and creative director of Art Street Design, a graphic-design studio, I'm pretty familiar with pens and computers. (We make all sorts of marketing materials for companies, from invitations to Web sites.) But in my 13 years of running the company, I hadn't seen anything like a smartpen until recently.

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