All Signs Point to Confusion. Do you ever think about how much we depend on highway signs? They tell us where we are; provide essential direction and destination options; and display critical rules about driving, stopping or parking.

Taylorstown's Still-Rural Radius. People who live in Taylorstown have made their choices: scenery over shopping, deer over drive-throughs.

PSKW Expands Its Lawsuit Against McKesson to Seek Assignment of McKesson's Patent Application. EDISON, N.J., Sept. 1 -- PSKW, LLC, a New Jersey-based leading provider of prescription co-pay programs for the pharmaceutical industry, announced today that it has significantly expanded the scope of the..

Architectural firm splits in 2. One of the nation's biggest architectural firms is splitting into two companies.

URS wins Texas contract worth up to $80 million. San Francisco engineering giant URS Corp. won a contract in Texas worth up to $80 million over three years.

Barnhart to participate in Habitat for Humanity build. Barnhart Inc., a subsidiary of Heery International, will partner with the city of Chino Hills and Pomona Valley Habitat for Humanity in construction of a new single-story, 1,200-square-foot home at the Los..

Your First Negotiation: the Agent's Commission. Home sellers could save money by thinking of real estate commissions as an agent's asking price. It's something that's open to negotiation.

Centuries of Drama at Halcyon House. In Greek mythology, a halcyon was a bird said to calm rough seas. "It also means peaceful and prosperous," real estate agent Hugh Oates said.

Don't Overlook the Kitchen Exhaust. Q: DEAR TIM: The plans for my new kitchen call for a range hood exhaust fan. Is one fan more effective than another? Years ago, the downdraft exhaust fans were popular. What kind of fan is in your kitchen? How do I make sure the one I select will adequately ventilate my kitchen?.

They're Townhouses, But 'This Isn't a Townhouse Feeling'. In 1974, when the King Charles Commons townhouse development opened in Columbia, a sales brochure described the Colonial-inspired community as recapturing "a bright page in American history" when "the easy and gracious living style afforded leisure time for politics and the arts.".

Fewer Loans, But Still More Fraud. You might assume that with home purchases and new mortgage volume off by 30 percent or more in many markets in the past year, loan fraud would be down as well.

P&G purchases scalp care products maker Nioxin. Procter & Gamble Co. has acquired Nioxin Research Laboratories Inc., a manufacturer of professional scalp care products for thinning hair.

Manhattan House Project.. The Real Estate Finance Bureau of the State of New York Office of the Attorney General has declared locally based O'Connor Capital Partners' Manhattan House's offering plan effective.

Businesses resist price rollbacks, despite oil's fall. As oil prices surged this year, manufacturers raised the prices of a lot of products - not just gasoline but lotions, toothpaste, plastics and many more that use oil as a raw material.

Avon introduces its first podcast in London. In an attempt to further move its business model from doorstep to digital, the 'digital Avon lady' will go live tomorrow.

What It Takes to Create a Community. How do you turn 17,000 acres, 5,000 acres or even 300 acres into a single community that works?.

Sometimes, It's the Agent Who Wants to Break Up. Q In a recent column about listing agreements, you wrote that you never advise sellers to sign an agreement longer than 90 days. This poses a problem for me.

Tax Break on Capital Gains Narrows. Deep in the nearly 700 pages of the new housing bill is a complicated change in the tax code that could affect substantial numbers of people who purchase second homes or investment real estate in the coming decade with an eye to occupying those homes as their main residence later.

USANA Unveils Million Dollar Club Walk of Fame. USANA Health Sciences, Inc. today unveiled its Million Dollar Club Walk of Fame at the entrance of its Salt Lake City headquarters.

Procter and Gamble net jumps 83.72 percent. New Delhi, Sep 1 : Personal care and healthcare major Procter and Gamble has recorded a 83.72 percent profit in the second quarter of the ongoing January-December accounting year, as compared to that posted in..