If you want to see what the future of affordable housing looks like in Brownsville, take a gander at the little blue house at 3132 Westwind Drive in the Inwood II subdivision. Built by the YouthBuild program of the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville, it’s the first LEED-certified house in the Rio Grande Valley, [...]

AllRecipes.com has been on the auction block for several months, and now it finally has a buyer. Meredith Corp., the magazine publisher behind titles such as Eating Well, Parents and Family Circle, is buying the No. 1 online food site from Reader’s Digest Association for $175 million. “The acquisition of Allrecipes.com, the market leader in [...]

Your small business data is priceless.  Your customer records, sales data, employee information and tax history are easily some of the most valuable assets that you own.  And — especially for small businesses — losing that data can be more damaging than losing a building, inventory or raw materials Permanent data loss, whether caused by [...]

NEW YORK Oh what a difference a weekend can make. Shoppers taking advantage of big discounts and earlier store hours during the start of the holiday shopping season last weekend helped boost retailers’ revenue for the entire month of November. Retailers from Macy’s to Costco on Thursday reported monthly revenue at stores open at least [...]

A recent Yahoo survey about the American consumers evolving view of housing provides interesting and strong evidence of a definite market trend. According to the Yahoo survey, energy efficiency is a top hallmark of the “dream home” — more consumers cited energy efficiency as a desirable attribute than any other feature. (The Yahoo survey can [...]