(ARA) – Spring is here, summer’s just around the corner and it’s time to break out of that winter funk. With Americans spending more time at home these days, many are investing in home upgrades. Americans spent $170.8 billion on home improvement projects in fourth quarter 2008, exceeding new home investment, according to the Bureau [...]

Soaring gas prices and wages that still don’t keep pace with what men earn aren’t the only worries the current troubled economy serve up to women workers. Women are at greater risk than men of experiencing a disability, and more than half the female workforce is unprepared for the financial impact of long-term disability, according [...]