Position: Chief operations leader of Dell Services Federal Government Group, a Fairfax-based Federal government information technology services provider.



Atmospheric Sciences - Meteorology - Earth Sciences - Weather Phenomena - Thunderstorms and Lightning

Joe Schreiber had the ride of his life for 23 years.


Video game - Game - Arts - Game Design - Video

Hundreds of new housing units and thousands of square feet of retail are expected in the District's Southwest Waterfront, but with the economy as it is, the neighborhood in the meantime is getting lounge chairs, outdoor yoga classes and unimpeded waterfront views.


Business - Construction and Maintenance - Consulting - Construction - Southwest Waterfront

Economic - Social Sciences - United States - Forecasting and Consulting - Economic development

Jack Donnelly put off selling his Capitol Hill rowhouse for three years until he thought he saw glimmers of life in the housing market this past spring. At $950,000, he said, the red brick Victorian is a "solid deal."


Real estate economics - Real estate - Business - Business and Economy - Residential

The theory of "temperate pragmatism," in vogue with some futurists, says we will no longer pursue luxury without portfolio. Hard times have chastened us, including those with money, or those left with less of it after Wall Street scams and bank failures, the theory says.


Honda - Honda CR-Z - Makes and Models - Recreation - Autos

Your career is about to get a boost from some mobile apps. And your on-the-go life could be a little better, less cluttered and more informed as a result of embracing use-anywhere tech tools.


Employment - Business and Economy - Canada - Job Search - Business

What are the must-have mobile apps for job seekers? Consider these, in addition to LinkedIn, Twitter and Craigslist:



Employment - Job Search - Business - Canada - Business and Economy

There are a lot of things Congress doesn't know right now. What to do about jobs, for instance. Who'll be running the House come January. How to balance the budget. But there is one thing that both parties increasingly seem to agree on: You should work longer.


Social security - United States - Politics - Privatization - Law

TURN SETBACKS INTO GREENBACKS: 7 SECRETS FOR GOING UP IN DOWN TIMES


Color Of Money - Arts - Romance - Sports - United States

Q I recently learned, quite by accident, that a colleague at my office has grossly misstated her academic credentials on her résumé (which I have seen), probably since before she came to our company. She's an excellent executive and a very nice person, but I am troubled by this ethical lapse, which...


Fraud - Winds - Tin Whistle - Music - Law

Is it worth it to pay $200,000 for a liberal arts education, especially if it means taking out loans? One of my 20-something Kiplinger colleagues answers bluntly: "If I had realized how much debt I was getting into, I would have gone to my state school instead of an expensive private college."



Finance - United States - Education - Colleges and Universities - Government

Some families watch TV after dinner. Others review white papers on economics.


Money management - Home - Personal finance - Financial Services - Business

The stock markets topped off their best week in a month Friday, as the latest jobs report calmed fears that the sputtering economy was headed toward a double-dip recession.


Business - Equities - Investing - Stocks and Bonds - Employment

SAN FRANCISCO - Google's methods for recommending Web sites are being reviewed by the Texas state attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's dominant search engine.


Google - Web search engine - Microsoft - Searching - Search Engines

It's not a recession, and it's not much of a recovery. Instead, the U.S. economy is treading water.



Business - Recreation - Picture Ratings - Unemployment - Economic growth

With just two months until the November elections, the White House is seriously weighing a package of business tax breaks - potentially worth hundreds of billions of dollars - to spur hiring and combat Republican charges that Democratic tax policies hurt small businesses, according to people with...


United States - White House - President - Business - Government

In one of the first detailed insider accounts by a member of President Obama's team, a chief architect of the federal bailouts for General Motors and Chrysler has penned a 300-plus page description of the policy improvisation performed by the administration as the economy swooned at the outset of...



United States - Health - Search and Rescue - Public Health and Safety - Emergency Services

AOL and Google announced Thursday a five-year renewal of their revenue-sharing pact, which will now include mobile search and online video, two areas that AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong called critical to the future of his company as it tries to revamp and return to profitability.


Google - AOL - Searching - Search Engines - Access Providers