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U.S. Has An Aged Housing Inventory

Posted: January 3, 2014

While the U.S.' real estate landscape is dotted with newly built single-family houses, the overwhelming majority of homes in the country have been around for at least two decades. According to a recent report from foreclosure information firm RealtyTrac, an average of seven in 10 residences in the country were built prior to 1990. Additionally, of all the residential dwellings sold in 2013, approximately 60%...

2013 Hurricane Season Among Calmest In History

Posted: December 27, 2013

Good news to end of 2013! With the latest hurricane season now in the rearview mirror, weather experts say that it was one of the least active ones in recent memory. Reuters reported that the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season was among the quietest in recorded history. In fact, not since 1968 have there been fewer named storms. Jeff Masters, a hurricane expert and director of...

Restroom Cleanliness Key Indicator For Businesses

Posted: December 19, 2013

When it comes to customers and prospective employees determining how much a company values its workers, the bathroom may be the best place to look, a recent poll suggests. More than nine in 10 Americans stated that the overall condition of a business's restroom is a telling indicator of whether or not company management holds its workforce in high esteem, mainly from a standpoint of...

Unique Interview Styles

Posted: December 17, 2013

While human resource managers and business owners in general come across lots of different personalities and people during employment interviews, some stand out more than others. So much so, they're uniqueness was notable enough to be worthy of offering them a job. With this in mind, job search engine CareerBuilder recently polled nearly 2,100 hiring managers, asking them to talk about some of the...

Of cars, choices, consumption and crashes

Posted: December 4, 2013

December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, and traffic safety organizations around the country are stepping up advertising to remind citizens of the hazards of drinking and driving. Learn more about alcohol-impaired driving In 2011, a person died every 53 minutes from a motor vehicle crash that involved an alcohol-impaired driver, totaling 9,878 deaths in the United States. These preventable accidents cost each adult in...

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