Moving in a Wired World
If Thomas Edison wired your digs for electricity and Alexander Graham Bell installed your phones, consider upgrading to newer technologies when you move.
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Few employers offering Roth 401(k) A survey shows only 17 percent of employers will make it available this year.read more...
Illinois Tries New Tack Against Predatory Loans The state will require counseling for some people mulling mortgages with nontraditional terms. The state's experience shows how difficult it is to create even modest safeguards in the home-buying process.
US mortgage defaults weigh on HSBC profits (AFP via Yahoo! News) Global banking giant HSBC Holdings announced on Monday a 35.5-percent surge in bad debts during 2006 owing to increased defaults on home loans by high-risk US borrowers.read more...
Getting a Great Countertop Without Blowing the Budget Columnist Nancy Keates realizes that countertops will be the key feature to her new kitchen and sets out to evaluate everything from glazed lava to products made from recycled paper.
Dangerous Decor / How to keep your treasures from breaking -- and injuring someone in the process A recent issue of a country-oriented shelter magazine pictures a cozy bedroom in a Texas cottage with a narrow ledge above the headboard supporting a row of antique-framed photographs.read more...
Sinkhole Disrupts 'Happy Hour' at Eatery (Reg Req'd) About 25 customers and staff were evacuated from Ollie's Neighborhood Grill just as "happy hour" began after employees noticed floors and walls were uneven and seemed to have shifted.read more...
March 21st, 2008
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