People on the Move: Hirings and promotions from Davey Tree,

The Davey Tree Expert Co.’s Board of Directors appointed three new corporate officers within the company: Jed Day, Larry Evans and Jim Houston.

“Each of these new officers brings a wealth of experience, proven results and a passion for our company that we can all appreciate and admire,” says Pat Covey, chairman, president and CEO at Davey

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Revamping an Art Deco Masterpiece

Revamping an Art Deco Masterpiece

The Big Picture features technology through the lens of photographers.

Every month, IEEE Spectrum selects the most stunning technology images recently captured by photographers around the world. We choose images that reflect an important advance, or a trend, or that are just mesmerizing to look at. We feature all images on our site, and one also appears on our monthly

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Ideas For Painting Concrete Porch

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Using stencils, a foam roller, and concrete paints, you can enliven your concrete patio with a stylish makeover! 

Nothing brightens a beautiful Sunday morning like sitting on your beautiful, artistically designed patio. And though

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Dealing With a Faulty Basement Slab

Bulrush is watching as his new home is being built, and things went only as far as the basement slab before problems cropped up.

“The slab has multiple issues, both errors and general poor-quality work,” Bulrush writes in this recent Q&A post. “I’m looking for opinions on how serious the various issues are, whether mitigation options exist, and whether

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Tips for successful advisor marketing

Tips for successful advisor marketingBy Jim Augustus Armstrong—A recent poll by the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics shows that a majority of Americans feel the federal government is corrupt and rigged against them. The poll revealed two-thirds of Republicans and Independents feel this way as well as 51% of Democrats. However, this massive loss of trust isn’t limited to the government. It extends

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Business Insider: How to set up your business to

Business Insider: How to set up your business to

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Last month I wrote about how selling your business is a bad investment and highlighted alternative strategies to grow your business wealth. This article shows how to set up your business to run itself day-to-day so you can retire in place. Use this five-point program as a checklist:

1. Build the foundation

The first step is to

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