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….
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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…
EIDL loans are not grants, taxed as loans
Economic Injury Disaster Loans to small business came in two flavors: Forgiveable loans (emergency grants) and low-interest loans. The emergency grants…
PPP may be forgivable, tax exempt
PPP loans may be forgivable, tax exempt The Paycheck Protection Program loan, which gave small businesses help to pay salaries and expenses during the…
Business, cities can collapse under pervasive fear, writer says
Violence and fear can kill a city. Detroit still bears the scars of rioting in the 1960s that, along with other factors, turned the city from 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…