Know what your auto mechanic really means
It’s easy to feel intimidated by a mechanic who says your vehicle needs a new, um, rotorbeltifyer or a change of translubricator fluid. To help separate myth from reality, Consumer Reports prepared...
View ArticleThe key to building wealth? Start slowly, investment author says
What’s the best way for young investors to build wealth for retirement? Ignore your human instincts, says a new e-book targeted at 20- and 30-somethings.“If You Can: How Millennials Can Get Rich...
View ArticleSnapchat adds disappearing text messages, video chat
Snapchat, the mobile app that rose to fame for its ability to let users send each other photos and videos that disappear after they’re viewed, has added text messages and video chats to its lineup of...
View ArticleWarming up to the future with Nest thermostat
During cold spells, Andy Law likes to keep his San Jose, Calif., house warm and toasty, which used to be a problem whenever the 29-year-old Yahoo mobile app designer traveled out of town.He’d...
View ArticleWearable tech devices hit another bump in the road
Wearable fitness trackers are in survival-of-the-fittest mode.Touted as the next big thing in technology, wearable tech has spawned a dizzying array of Internet-connected wristwatches and head-mounted...
View ArticleHow to react to a contractor who starts acting like a bully
What should you do if someone you’ve hired behaves like a bully?Particularly if you haven’t done your homework before choosing a service provider, there’s a chance you could experience problems that...
View ArticleTime to get paranoid over card security
Mike Rosinski, 51, doesn’t really know how a string of fraudulent charges ranging from as little as $3.19 for some odd outfit in Missouri to $434.10 at a Fry’s Electronics in another state ended up...
View ArticleDon’t fall for these advertising traps
Want to save 50 percent, get a product free or have a manufacturer’s warranty cover an expensive purchase for life? Of course you do, and advertisers know it. Consumer Reports says that while federal...
View ArticleAvoid the wedding guest blues
Wedding season is kicking into high gear, and if you’re going to be a guest, get ready to open your wallet.According to an annual report by American Express, guests plan to spend an average of $592...
View ArticleNiagara Falls offering tours of renovated commercial space
NIAGARA FALLS – Tours of renovated commercial space in downtown Niagara Falls will be offered at 11 a.m. Thursday by the city and the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency.Economic development...
View ArticleA park is born, while waterfront planning proceeds
With a swoosh of the governor’s pen, Buffalo Harbor State Park was born Monday, accelerating visible changes that many people never expected to see in Western New York.Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo officially...
View ArticleArea factories picked up the pace in April
After treading water since the beginning of winter, local manufacturers found a new spring in their step during April.Manufacturers in the Buffalo Niagara region enjoyed their strongest growth in...
View ArticleHofbräuhaus coming to downtown Buffalo
Buffalo will soon willkommen a popular German beer hall to its city center.Hofbräuhaus, the U.S. version of Bavaria’s 400-year-old famous original, hopes to have a Buffalo location by next...
View ArticleRanks of part-time workers dwindling, but slowly, amid sluggish economy
For Velvet Bradley, a part-time job is a little like a tattered parachute – a hopeful notion that barely slows the fall. Bradley, 43, works 10 to 25 hours a week at home, helping to run a small trade...
View ArticleOlder Americans are holding on to jobs, retiring much later
The proportion of Americans with jobs fell sharply during the Great Recession and has barely begun to recover, according to overall figures.In 2007, before the downturn began, 63 percent of...
View ArticleOn the Record / May 13, 2014
Hires/Promotions/Honors Vincent G. LoTempio, partner in the Law Firm of Kloss, Stenger & LoTempio, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich....The...
View ArticleAmid recovery, workers are stressed out by low wages
Workers take note: If you’re stressed about your paltry paycheck, you have lots of company.Low pay again tops the list as the biggest stressor for working Americans, as it has for the past four years....
View ArticleSausage and syrup companies merge
Jimmy Dean, meet Mrs. Butterworth.Hillshire Brands Co. agreed to buy Pinnacle Foods Inc. for about $4.3 billion on Monday, bringing together the sausage and syrup brands while creating a company that...
View ArticleGood night’s sleep is important step toward achieving work/life balance
We all struggle for work/life balance, but most of us don’t realize that sometimes the path toward achieving might be something so simple.Some of the most successful people I know are sharing their...
View ArticleBusiness security efforts a balance of risk vs. cost
ATLANTA — Security in the workplace could mean locked doors, metal detectors, electronic badges for employees, cameras and armed guards.But a typical corporate office is simply not ready for a...
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