Racing to keep up with health care costs
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Employers are expecting to pay more for health care next year, and they are finding new ways to deal with the increase.
Make your voice heard: Rate the 11th Street Bridge Park proposals
With 16 questions, a chance to provide feedback to organizers of the 11th Street Bridge Park competition.
Architects unveil four bold visions for the 11th Street Bridge Project
Amphitheaters, dining piers, and waterfalls among the ideas proposed by architects aiming to build local version of High Line Park.
How D.C. became a start-up hotbed
Commentary: A local entrepreneur examines four reasons the city is attracting more young tech firms.
Leidos reports big drop in health and engineering business
A one-time writeoff of $510 million contributes to results.
Two graphs that raise cautions about bringing the Olympics to D.C.
Primary economic concerns for host cities: costs that often outweigh revenue and uneven job creation.
Toshiba, Johns Hopkins to fight cancer with Big Data
New partnership aims to reduce adverse effects of radiation treatment for head, neck and lung patients.
Salesforce starts new $100 M venture fund
In its first round of investments, Salesforce backed DocuSign, InsideSales.com, and others.
A crash course in start-up investing
Kauffman, Angel Capital Association team up on an online tutorial to help would-be investors learn the ropes.
Four developers eye Takoma Park co-op expansion
Local food market could more than double in size under city’s development plan.
MicroStrategy’s Saylor reduces salary to $1 per year
Founder, chairman of Tysons Corner data analytics firm makes changes following criticism for stewardship
Wiley Rein snags a fourth FCC commissioner
The 275-attorney D.C. law firm is best known for its telecom work; hires former FCC commissioner McDowell
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Talent Matters: Are you ready for the coming IT talent crisis?
We estimate that 97 percent of roles in IT will undergo change in the next few years. And chief information officers will need six new roles that don’t exist today.
Deltek: High-value procurement competitions coming in the fall
Some major federal contracts in energy and veterans affairs are up for competition this fall.
CoStar: Retail activity is strong in D.C., but even stronger in the suburbs
Some of the top retail leases signed this year have been in the suburbs.
On Leadership
Anne-Marie Slaughter on forging confidence and a career
If your leadership style doesn’t reflect your personality, it’s not going to work.
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BusinessRX: A balance between government and commercial work
Nexight Group is a technical and management consulting firm that’s trying to straddle the divide between government and commercial work.
Career Coach: Tips for getting caught up
With the advent of enhanced technology and our 24/7 culture, it is becoming increasingly difficult for employees to ever feel they have all their work done.
This robot can go to the office instead of you
Aptify is trying out a new telepresence robot that users can control remotely using an app.
@Work Advice: Impersonnel management
When the bots do the screening, what’s a real life candidate (and his mom) to do?
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Bringing more of Big Washington to Little Washington
The man who led the resurgence of Logan Circle is investing in the town in hopes of remaking it into a vibrant tourist destination.
An office built with millennials in mind
Accenture’s Arlington office has a heavy emphasis on flexibility, mobility and connectivity.
Not your grandmother’s milkman
How one local company is using technology that may be the best hope for the farm-to-table movement.
Washington area stock index
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