March 19-25: National Poison Prevention Week
Steps to take when poisoning is suspected The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has this important information for you. If you suspect that a…
Author: Rick Good
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader's money, real estate, and business coverage.
Oh deer! Beware the hazards of deer collisions
Deer collisions are dangerous and can sometimes be deadly. The annual insured losses of deer-vehicle collisions in the United States is more than $1…
March is Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month
Where are you most likely to suffer an eye injury? At work In spite of safety programs and protective equipment, more than 2,000 working people in the…
IRS: Why crypto isn’t money
You know that paper with a president on it is valuable if you drop it and someone picks it up. But in recent years, with the advent of cryptocurrencies,…
The IRS is watching digital ‘assets’
The Internal Revenue Service doesn’t consider cryptocurrency to be actual money. But it does consider it to be a valuable asset and if you made dollars on…
There’s a better place to put your thermostat
You might have done everything from turn your heat down to unplug your appliances in order to save on utility bills. But what about the thermostat? Even…
The best and worst options if you owe the IRS
Tax deadlines are fast approaching. Unfortunately, some people will find that they don’t have enough cash to pay Uncle Sam. That could lead to problems,…
How modern pizza came to be
You could say that pizza connects the world, since it is beloved in every county, but it really took the connected world to create the pizza. For one,…
College recruiting becomes big money
When you think of high-paid athletes, you might think of Stephen Curry sinking long threes for the Golden State Warriors or Tom Brady slinging the pigskin…
Quiet hiring versus quiet firing
In a tight labor market, not only is it hard to find employees, it’s also difficult to keep them engaged. Gallup has found that at least half of employees…