Ask the Expert I’ve heard that getting a mortgage will be easier, but how will that happen?
Mortgage companies are developing new forms that will make it easier to compare interest rates and loan features offered by different lenders. * Right…
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.
Magnetic cooking has come to America
Induction cooktops use powerful magnets to heat pots and pans. They’re delicate enough to melt chocolate and powerful enough to bring six cups of water to…
Make 2016 the year you finally have a place of your own
Happy New Year! Make 2016 the year you finally have a place of your own It’s a happy thought. There it is by itself with no need to analyze it anymore….
More U.S. applicants are seeking an MBA degree
World wide, applications for admission to MBA schools grew at 57 percent of schools offering full-time, two-year programs, according to the Graduate…
Why ‘follow your passion’ is the world’s worst career advice
Today, the popular “follow your passion” phrase has become overused and generic advice with little meaning. Betty Liu, editor-at-large for Inc.com’s “In…
Travel Bag: How nine airlines became four
Mergers have created a quartet of very large airlines. The four airlines, Delta, United, Southwest and American, now control 80 percent of the U.S….
HAPPY HOUR is back!
Happy Hour is back, bringing more tax dollars to the states It was born during Prohibition when men met at speakeasies for a few illegal drinks before…
Landmark events
Landmark events in the United States 200 years ago in 1816 March 18: Originally founded in 1758, Pittsburgh was incorporated in 1816. Nov.-Dec.: Secretary…
New companies reinvent shipping and selling mattresses
New companies reinvent the process of selling and shipping mattresses For the last hundred years or so, shopping for a mattress has been a time-consuming,…
Sports Yoenis Cespedes: Baseball’s surprising golf prodigy
In late October of 2015, The Wall Street Journal’s Brian Costa wrote a story about the New York Mets’ hitter of monster golf drives and home runs. When…