These diamonds are not forever
Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but sell her a fake one, and you’ve made an enemy.Paul Blarr, the Williamsville jeweler accused of selling fakes, had no shortage of enemies and disillusioned...
View ArticleBuffalo Billion funding released
The money is starting to flow for the state’s high-profile Buffalo Billion economic development initiative. The state’s main economic development agency, Empire State Development, on Friday gave...
View ArticleGM tells dealers to stop selling some Chevy Cruzes
DETROIT – General Motors Co. has told dealers to stop selling about 21,000 Chevrolet Cruze compact cars from the 2013 and 2014 model years.But the company won’t say why.The order covers Cruzes...
View ArticleErie County Real Estate Transactions
ALDEN• 11619 Broadway, Ronald V. MacVittie to 11619 Broadway Street Inc., $43,950.• 11625 Broadway, Gas Rite Inc. to 11619 Broadway Street Inc., $31,050.AMHERST Highest price: $585,000 Average price:...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
LEWISTON• 9th St., Barone Building Co. Inc to Luther G. Anderson, $205,000.• Dickersonville Road, Edgar Neil Hayes; Anne W. Hayes to Mark R. Tower; Jennifer A. Filipski, $121,000.• Calkins Road,...
View ArticleTaking a closer look at tax breaks
If your company gets tax breaks through the Erie County Industrial Agency, you just might have a visitor in the coming months.The IDA is planning to take a big step in ramping up its scrutiny of the...
View ArticleMore couples coexisting in different phases of life
For Daniel Ryan, turning 40 and 50 came and went. But sometime around his 61st birthday in July, he said he had an “old man crisis.”He did some simple math and quickly concluded that living another 20...
View ArticleIRS considers bitcoin a property, not currency
The IRS may have just taken some of the fun out of bitcoin. But that may mean that the virtual currency is growing up.The IRS announced last week that it would treat bitcoin, the computer-driven...
View ArticlePressure on to approve natural gas facilities
WASHINGTON – As pressure builds on the Obama administration to speed up sales of American natural gas overseas, the Energy Department last week authorized exports from a proposed Oregon...
View ArticleEconomists fret as young adults stay with parents
Burdened by $85,000 in college debt, attorney Bobby Waltman lives with his mom and grandmother in a three-bedroom house in Huntington Beach, Calif.Past frugality led the 29-year-old to live in a van...
View ArticleGM adds 971,000 cars to recall for defective ignition switch
DETROIT – General Motors is boosting by 971,000 the number of small cars being recalled worldwide for a defective ignition switch, saying cars from the model years 2008-2011 may have gotten the part...
View ArticleReturning home on a quest with strong financial backing
Nick Sinatra is bullish on his hometown, and he’s putting big-name wealth behind it.After spending several years as a Republican political operative at the state and federal levels, the Buffalo native...
View ArticleSelf-control, smells and how our spending is affected
Being disorganized can lead to impulse spending, as can buying lottery tickets. Meanwhile, loneliness can cause materialism, and just thinking of how something smells can induce you to buy more.Those...
View Article5 steps to prevent heart disease
The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology caused a ruckus late last year when they issued new guidelines that, by some measures, would double the number of people who...
View ArticleMunicipal bonds expected to make a comeback
The dynamics are improving for municipal bonds, which were beaten down so badly last year that they posted their worst returns in nearly two decades.The 3.5 percent return for high-grade muni bonds so...
View ArticleWellness programs may help financial health
If you have employer-provided health insurance, you don’t have to worry about meeting today’s deadline to sign up for coverage through the state-based health care exchanges. But like any consumer...
View ArticleNew tools help manage credit score
So you’re looking at your credit score, wondering how it’s ever going to get better. Or you’re thinking you should do something about socking away more money for that South American vacation, the...
View ArticleGauging the costs, advantages of long-term care
It’s a frightening prospect. You fall and break a hip and need several months of nursing home care. Or you’re recovering from a stroke and need help bathing and getting dressed each morning. Or your...
View ArticleHelp loved ones get affairs in order now
Through the years, I’ve shared a lot of personal stories. I do so because I hope to spare others from making financial mistakes.I want to tell you about something I’m going through that I hope will...
View ArticleBaby tech boom produces new tools for parents
Long before the dawn of the pacifier, parents of newborns and toddlers found ways to use surrounding resources to help soothe and distract tots into precious moments of peace.In today’s smartphone...
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