A new roof can yield a return of 75%, but at what cost? In the case of a South Florida roofing company, a new roof may cost a life. The U.S. Department of Labor is going after Latite Roofing and Sheet Metal, South Florida’s largest roofing contractor, in attempt...

Even though El Niño isn’t expected to hit until winter, experts are saying that it’s not too early to begin thinking about protecting a home or property from the storm. Throughout much of the United States, the cold and wet of winter can wreak havoc on a roof. Not...

Construction has begun on an organic egg farm with a 480,000-hen capacity in Michigan’s Allegan County. According to the Detroit Free Press, the $8.2 million farm facility, located in Otsego Township at 2105 110th Avenue, will be owned and operated by Konos Inc., a distributor of Vande Bunte Eggs....

There are over 8,000 vape shops in the U.S. and counting. Given that number and the ever-increasing popularity of electronic cigarettes and vape pens, it was only a matter of time until the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and local governments stepped in. Over the next few months, vape...

After Google poached the staff of failed start-up Homejoy this July, tech watchdogs are speculating that Google is venturing into the home-improvement sector. Many consumers already rely on Google’s search and advertisement services for their home improvement and plumbing needs, and in the future the company could provide more...

LG is offering another promo for its G4 smartphone, this time including an additional battery and charging cradle and a genuine leather back cover, which is available in five different colors, as part of the package. When the G4 launched, it included a promo that also offered a free...

On Monday, June 22, news broke that Martha Stewart finally sold her media and home design empire to Sequential Brands Group for $353 million. Although that’s an impressive sum, it’s less than a third of the New York City based company’s former value. When Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia went...

There’s much debate in the search engine pay per click advertising world over whether businesses ought to be bidding on their own brand terms — that is, whether a company should pay to have ads displayed when a search includes its brand name, despite those searches typically triggering organic...

For years, rapidly-improving technology and a flourishing corporate culture made the United States a highly prolific nation. From 1995 to the end of 2010, for example, the nonfarm business sector averaged a productivity growth rate of 2.6% per annum. However, more recently, these numbers have begun to drop, averaging...

Silver prices across the globe are dropping, thanks in part to decreasing demand in China and other countries. Chinese demand for silver bullion fell 52% between 2013 and 2014, and total global demand fell 31% in the same year. While prices are declining, silver production continues to be healthy....