Palm Sees Overseas Growth, Doesn’t Mention B…

How to make sure your bridge doesn’t collapse

When Mary McIntyre, 47, started looking to trade up from her Daly City condo last year, she found a house she thought would be perfect. But her condo hadn’t sold yet. So she let the perfect house pass her by. Then, late last year, she found a house near her[...]

Nude sunbathing makes a case for taller fences

Q: My wife likes to sunbathe nude in the backyard. She doesn’t mind the attention, but I am wondering if I can erect higher fences to stop the neighbors from checking her out? I should mention that we are renters. Landlord’s attorney Ted Smith replies: Your wife may sunbathe in the[...]

Home-price growth continues dive in latest S&P indices

A national home-price index fell 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter and ended 2006 at 0.4 percent annual growth. This Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller U.S. Home Price Index declined steeply throughout 2006, falling to near-zero growth after peaking at about 16 percent year-over-year growth in 2005. S&P/Case-Shiller also publishes 10-City Composite and 20-City[...]

Home-price growth continues dive in latest S&P indices

A national home-price index fell 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter and ended 2006 at 0.4 percent annual growth. This Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller U.S. Home Price Index declined steeply throughout 2006, falling to near-zero growth after peaking at about 16 percent year-over-year growth in 2005. S&P/Case-Shiller also publishes 10-City Composite and 20-City[...]

Expensive Misconception: Economic Growth was…

Individual investors must watch out for the latest piece of nonsense from those preaching doom and… Expensive Misconception: Economic Growth was...[...]