Check these tornado precautions
Spring is tornado season in the Midwest but did you know that tornadoes have been reported in every state and they can occur at any time of the year? When…
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.
Simple ways to cope with coronavirus, flu
Simple precautions workers can take with coronavirus, flu If you are sick, stay home. If you get sick, go home and stay home. If you are not sick,…
Coronavirus and investments: Don’t worry, be happy
So the stock market tanked in historic drops in February on news of the coronavirus Covid-19. It also recovered in an historic one-day recovery. Dizzy…
Refunds confuse tax payers, survey finds
Nearly half (46%) of taxpayers don’t know a refund comes for overpaying taxes to the federal government. That is one finding of a survey of taxpayers by…
Tax time: Go for the refund, or no?
Not to be a downer, but if you get a refund come tax time, it means one thing: you had too much money withheld from your paycheck throughout the year and…
Entrepreneurs: From MySpace to Millions at 17
In 1990, Ashley Qualls was born in suburban Detroit. After her parents divorced, she and her younger sister were raised by their mother in a one-bedroom…
The reach of disease: How an epidemic makes business sick
More than 5,000 miles away from Wuhan, China, a pretty little shopping village in Oxfordshire, England, is eerily quiet. Bicester Village is famous among…
Be ready for an unscheduled showing
When an agent wants to show your place on Tuesday at 4 p.m. or Wednesday at 8, you’ve got a convenient choice to make. But what if the agent is showing…
Ask the Expert: I’m considering a condo, but I hear they are difficult to finance
I’m considering a condo, but I hear they are difficult to finance. Is that true? No, for the buyer, the same rules that apply to any mortgage apply to a…
For Baby Boomers, it is time to make a profit, save headaches
Baby Boomers (aged 54 to 74) are holding on to their beloved homes, but selling and downsizing now could not only save a lot of headaches, it could also…