The Washington Post

The rapid decline of the newspaper business over the past couple of decades was a major hit to the media world, but there are new and powerful forms of media that have gained an immense amount of traction on the digital frontier. Websites like Buzzfeed and Gawker are embracing wit, snark and...

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim made news last month when he suggested implementation of a three-day workweek. Slim reiterated his three-day workweek proposal in Houston Monday saying the downside -– longer work hours and delaying retirement until the age of 70 to 75 -- would be more than...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO and Founder Jeff Bezos announced after the close Monday that he is set to purchase the print newspaper business of the Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) for $250 million in cash. The move is just the latest round of sales in the print news industry as sales and profits have...

The fact that Congress failed to act on student loan rates does not mean the world is ending. Nor does it mean you will now go bankrupt or have to sell all your worldly possessions in order to pay back the money you borrowed for college. In fact, if you already have a student loan, your...

Only second to water, tea is quickly becoming one of the world’s most consumed beverages. The research surrounding tea and its health benefits has boosted its popularity, according to The Wasthington Post Tea has been studied for decades to discover its many health benefits, but it’s hard to...

The Cleveland Plain Dealer said Thursday that it plans to trim home delivery to three days a week, starting this summer. As part of the move the paper announced it would cut more than a third of its staff of over 160 people. Unlike other papers in the privately owned Advance Publications group...

As the number of gas/electric hybrid and fully-electric vehicles continues to expand, more and more consumers are taking advantage of the U.S. government's available $7,500 tax credit for the purchase of these new cars. But long term, questions are surrounding the effectiveness of the credit on...

Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) posted a narrower second quarter loss this year than it did in 2011. Sears has cut expenses and reduced inventories in an attempt to turn the company highly profitable once again. Merchandise inventories fell to $8.7 billion from $9.3 billion in the second quarter....