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Housing costs are big expense in retirement
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Housing costs are big expense in retirement

September 20, 2014

In 2011, people ages 65 to 74 spent an average of $18,720 on home and home-related expenses; those 75 to 84 spent $14,732, says the analysis of about 5,000 households…

Apple locks itself out of devices
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Apple locks itself out of devices

September 20, 2014

The additional safeguard is part of Apple’s latest mobile software, iOS 8, which the Cupertino, California, company released Wednesday. Apple Inc. revealed the stronger protection in a new section of…

Builders getting more confident
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Builders getting more confident

September 19, 2014

The brighter outlook reflects growing optimism that sales will rise over the next six months, spurring growth in home construction. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index…

Eye to the future
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Eye to the future

September 16, 2014

Durango Herald getting first building makeover since 1979

Sex, money and getting along with your partner
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Sex, money and getting along with your partner

September 16, 2014

Surprising? Not really. Seventy percent of couples said money causes most of their spats. Yes, finances are a more common source of disagreement and irritation than household chores, snoring or…

Business Briefs
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Business Briefs

September 16, 2014

Sainio Durango Detail Doctor announces its opening at 29251 U.S. Highway 160. The business is owned by Richard Padilla who has more than five years of detailing experience. The business…

Tween’s bedroom  can be balancing act
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Tween’s bedroom can be balancing act

September 13, 2014

It’s a great place to give growing adolescents some creative freedom. But will they reject at age 12 the color palette and furniture they begged for when they were 10?…

Steps can help protect your credit score
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Steps can help protect your credit score

September 13, 2014

Here are a few options: Fraud alerts The main step credit-protection programs take is to activate a fraud alert on your credit profile at all three major credit bureaus: Equifax,…

Renovation important to construction industry
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Renovation important to construction industry

September 13, 2014

A remodeling job altered the back entrance to this home in Vail, Colo.Vail Daily.com/Associated Press David Hyde is the president of Shaeffer Hyde Construction, a company with 35 years in…

Behold … Watch
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Behold … Watch

September 8, 2014

pinning hopes on gadget that hasn’t fared well as niche

Business Briefs
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Business Briefs

September 8, 2014

Darrick Robinson has been promoted to superintendent of system operations at La Plata Electric Association. In his new position, Robinson will oversee the dispatch team as well as LPEA’s electronics…

Data looking good if you believe the numbers
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Data looking good if you believe the numbers

September 8, 2014

Despite recent job-creation numbers below what many expected, which I suspect is a glitch, the U.S. economy’s performance is stellar when compared with other Western developed countries. U.S. inflation-adjusted gross…

Doors divide haves, have-nots
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Doors divide haves, have-nots

September 6, 2014

Many state and local officials are looking at new laws that will make it illegal for New York City apartment buildings to ban some tenants receiving government incentives from using…

Prairie dogs: Plague or boon?
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Prairie dogs: Plague or boon?

September 5, 2014

Residents may hate them, but businesses dealing with the burrowing rodent are having a banner season

Tiny houses offer big potential in some areas
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Tiny houses offer big potential in some areas

September 5, 2014

An exterior and interior look at the Minim House, a 210-square-foot home designed by Foundry Architects and Brian Levy. Downtown nonprofit cityLab intends to build a home with this design…

Right at home: Advice for living in small space
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Right at home: Advice for living in small space

September 5, 2014

Take Meg Volk, 22, a New York-based producer and photographer who is a seasoned veteran of the tiny-home trenches: She’s on her third, less-than-300-square-foot studio apartment. Find vertical space; think…