Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Eye injuries are alarmingly frequent. Each year, more than 25,000 Americans visit the emergency room due to a workplace eye injury, according to the…
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.
MONEY NOTES: Americans reluctant to invest
More than half of Americans (55%) say they don’t invest in the stock market, according to a survey by MetLife. The company surveyed 8,000 U.S. adults over…
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Know NOTHING about investing? Try these three platforms to learn and grow money You might have heard about the big stock market gains during the last two…
MONEY NOTES: Roaring U.S. Markets hit by virus fears
The major stock market indexes all dropped on news of the coronavirus. One reason is the effect on the GDP in China. In 2003, the SARS virus outbreak…
FIRE movement promotes extreme savings, early retirement
A relatively new financial movement aims at financial independence and early retirement, sometimes extremely early retirement. And that’s the name of the…
Generation Z: A workforce like no other
Generation Z (ages 18-22) is in the workforce. The hypervisual, technological natives see little, if any, distinction between working at home or office,…
Leaders: Formed by the crucible
The late scholar Warren Bennis, who pioneered leadership studies, believed that leaders were formed through transformative experiences — crucibles –…
Ask the Expert: What is a lease-to-own, and is it a good idea?
A lease-to-own, also commonly referred to as a rent-to-own or a lease option, is an arrangement between a buyer and a seller in which the seller leases a…
A jump in building starts predicts more choices for buyers
After an unexpected late-year jump in single family housing starts in 2019, the Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group has predicted…
Fashion trends for 2020 are out of this world
Fashion will be inspired by space in 2020 and beyond, predicts Lyst.com. That’s not entirely unreasonable since governments and entrepreneurs are set on…