The best (and worst) business decisions of all time
Historians and businesspeople generally look back on certain business decisions as some of the all-time greats … or all-time blunders. The best: * Ford…
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.
Another approach to employee health insurance
Some employers are ditching conventional health group plans, and instead offering individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements, or ICHRAs,…
Drug price comparison
Advair HFA inhaler (asthma) US: $319 UK: $26 Ozempic (weight loss/diabetes) US: $936 UK: $93 France: $83 Eliquis (blood thinner) US: $591 Japan: $78…
What to expect from drug prices
President Donald Trump’s May 12 executive order was designed to reduce drug prices to align with what other countries pay. Will it really get the prices…
Ask the Expert: Foreclosures
I need to save money on my house purchase and I hear buying a house foreclosure can do that. What do I need to know? In 2025, foreclosures are less common…
Negotiating short sales: one path to a home discount
Negotiating a short sale can be a lengthy and challenging process, often taking several months. However, if you’re patient and willing to put in the…
Apple CEO highlights China skill dominance
As President Donald Trump urges companies to re-shore their businesses, a 2017 video of Apple CEO Tim Cook has resurfaced that has shed some doubt on that…
Remembering Okinawa after 80 years
The Pacific island of Okinawa is small, just 67 miles long and 17 miles at its widest point. But at just 350 nautical miles from the southernmost Japanese…
The top U.S. export is often stolen
The U.S. exports ideas. Look at technology, pharmaceuticals, and software, and you see American innovation. A 2020 report by the U.S. Patent and Trademark…
Use it or save it? How to use your best stuff
Homemakers in the 1930s and 1940s, and even earlier, dreamed of fancy china cabinets to display their good dishes and keepsakes. But with china cabinets…