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Just like your car or your own body, your house needs regular care to keep its condition in top shape. To help you make this a habit, here’s a helpful summary of the most common maintenance tasks every house requires. Use this guide to make a checklist for your own house’s particular needs.

Your home is a major investment, and anything that goes wrong on your property could result in extensive repair costs. You don’t want to find out when filing a claim that your policy doesn’t cover what you thought it did — and you’re stuck paying for repairs out of pocket. These are the four primary categories that most standard homeowners...

If you’re ready to hit the open road but your vehicle can’t quite keep up, it might be time to go shopping. This model year’s cars have a lot to offer, and here are some of the most recent award winners:

Does your business need products or services from an outside provider? To get the best quality for the best price, you’ll most likely want to circulate a request for information (RFI), a request for proposal (RFP), or a request for quote (RFQ). These documents are essentially the business-world version of comparison shopping. Using them the right...

When you’re starting a new business, analysis is key to getting off on the right foot. That holds particularly true if you’re entering a field with established competitors and looking to make your mark. A great tool to get your business up to speed and put it in a position to compete is a competitive matrix.

On a warm summer day, nothing is more delicious than a burger cooked on your backyard barbecue grill. But that doesn’t mean the meat you use has to be beef — or meat at all. If you’re tired of only eating beef patties, prefer something healthier, or want an animal-free option, here are some unique burger ideas that are just as tasty:

Whether you’re simply going on a quick weekend getaway close by, or heading across the country, getting enough sleep is essential. But sleeping while traveling can prove to be quite difficult. Your body and mind are not used to your new surroundings and that can cause your internal clock to be off. And you may not have the comforts of home on...

Promoting an employee to a leadership role is an important decision. But is that employee ready for it? How do their current skills and experience translate into management potential? Here are a few of the top signs that an employee is ready for leadership:

Social media platforms are more than just a tool to update your relationship status, share cat pictures with friends, and post political memes. By giving you a potentially limitless audience, social media also offers significant money-making opportunities. These are some of the top ways you can use social media to bolster your income:

Last week’s economic reporting included readings on construction spending and public and private-sector employment data. Weekly reports on mortgage rates and jobless claims were also released.