Jun 15, 2016
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Tim Walker California California construction workers made a chilling discovery earlier this month, as they dug beneath a garage they were renovating in the Richmond district of San Francisco: a 145-year-old coffin, containing the perfectly preserved remains of a toddler. The homeowner, Ericka Karner, who has been staying with her family in Idaho during the […]
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Jun 02, 2016
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Marnie Oursler on a job site. Marnie Oursler’s steely work ethic and bubbly personality helped. It sounds like the punchline to a twisted joke. But in July 2007, at the precipice of the subprime mortgage crisis that would send the entire U.S. financial system into a tailspin, Marnie Oursler started a home-building business. The […]
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May 12, 2016
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As a startup owner, you obviously want to figure out the best way to measure success. In the early stages of business ownership, financial gains are not necessarily a good measure of forward movement. Instead, look out for these positive reinforcers as a way to measure your startup’s success. How To Measure Your Startup’s Success […]
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May 05, 2016
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The state may be a capital of cosmetic surgery, but it’s not just noses and eyelids falling under the knife. Buyers pay exorbitant sums to buy old, frumpy houses and even more to fix them up Rather than sell, some homeowners decide to radically change the look, feel and size of their homes. PHOTO: […]
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Apr 21, 2016
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By: JOSH BOAK (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — A rising number of Americans are preparing to renovate their homes this year, a potential boost for the economy, according to projections released Thursday by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. The report estimates that spending on remodeling and repairs will climb 8.6 percent this year […]
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Apr 13, 2016
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By Alli Knothe, Times Staff Writer Construction of a giant swimming pool called a ‘Crystal Lagoon’ is set to begin soon in Wesley Chapel. This photo is of the San Alfonso Del Mar Lagoon in Algarrobo in Chile. Chilean-based company Crystal Lagoons makes gigantic swimming pools that look like lagoons and are increasingly used by […]
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Mar 31, 2016
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A worker cuts a piece of pipe as he builds a new home in January 2015 in Petaluma, Calif. Construction jobs had a strong 2015 in California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images It’s been a bumpy year for the United States stock market and the Chinese economy. Despite those struggles, there is more evidence that Main Street […]
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Mar 18, 2016
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by Gene Hammett The way you think shapes the world you will create. Successful people (aka millionaires) think differently than most people. I am not saying that you aren’t a success if you aren’t a millionaire, but looking at those who are struggling to pay the bills will only show you what not to do. Why do […]
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Mar 11, 2016
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A worker climbs stairs among some of the 2,000 pressure vessels that will be used to convert seawater into fresh water through reverse osmosis in the western hemisphere’s largest desalination plant in Carlsbad, California. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) — Misael Virgen / San Diego Union-Tribune Poseidon Water’s desalination plant in Carlsbad is poised to begin regular […]
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Feb 24, 2016
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by Amy Cosper “Fear is the mother of foresight.” — Thomas Hardy I had an idea for a business, and it made me giddy. It was so full of possibility, so compelling and dynamic and burning and beautiful, that I devoted my days and nights to thinking about it. I wanted to make this idea […]
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