Protect your back while on the job: Tips for safe lifting
Wake up muscles before unloading A forklift will place materials reasonably close to where they are needed. After that, often it’s necessary to unload 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.
Home fires by the numbers
From the National Fire Protection Association “Home Structure Fires” report, issued in Oct. 2019, which reviews a five-year period from 2013 to 2017: *…
Wildfires like to travel up
In September 2017, a teenage boy carelessly threw fireworks into the Columbia River Gorge, which forms the boundary between Washington and Oregon states….
Deadly home fires spread rapidly
Home fires cost thousands of lives each year. One reason: People fail to realize how fast fires can spread. In a survey of 500 people, 24 percent believed…
Remember: Stimulus checks won’t be taxed
The economic impact checks received this summer will not count as income and they will not be taxed by state or federal governments. They will not reduce…
Rural home prices rise as trend out of cities picks up
Moneywise Rural home prices rise as trend out of cities picks up Real estate brokerage Redfin reports prices of rural homes are increasing as the number…
Cha-ching! Young retail investors win big with small stock buys
Many billionaire hedge fund managers did not see it coming. When the stock market tanked in early 2020 as COVID-19 hit the U.S., hedge fund managers…
Bologna or turkey? Apples or oranges? Understanding opportunity costs
In the thousands of little decisions we make every day, the costs are probably minimal. The difference in cost between taking a bologna sandwich or a…
Magnificent Mile struggles after looting, COVID-19
Months of COVID-19 restrictions killed sales on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, but will repeat rioting finally kill business? The Magnificent Mile, one the…
Candy sales expected to remain steady during COVID-19 Halloween
Americans haven’t been shy about stocking their quarantine pantries with candy — sales were up 6.3 percent during the 17-week period ending at the end of…