home energy savings

Spending money to save even more money is usually a lead-pipe cinch: that's an expression my generation used before there was such a thing as a "no-brainer." When it comes to investing in home improvements designed to save on utility costs, while the payoff for installing things like solar panels…

We're taking home smaller paychecks now that higher  Social Security payroll taxes are back. At the same time, gas prices are spiking and causing a ripple effect on other goods and services that rely on transportation. One oil company executive says we shouldn't be surprised if the price per gallon…