November 21, 2017, 6:00am Business
The announced shutdown of the communications paper arm of Georgia-Pacific’s Camas paper mill maybe the harbinger of what’s to come. Consumers are buying less paper, production costs are increasing, and competition is fiercer. Read story
November 20, 2017, 6:00am Business
If you hoped that Senate Republicans would treat homeowners and buyers more kindly in their tax overhaul plans than their colleagues did in the House, you were an optimist. It didn’t happen. Read story
November 19, 2017, 6:00am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: I bought 75 shares of Lockheed Martin in late 2016 at $260 a share after reading your column praising the stock. You said that it had good dividend growth and that revenues and profits would continue to grow at an uninterrupted pace. I also remember that in… Read story
November 18, 2017, 6:00am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: I’m writing for a 46-year-old friend of mine who escaped Cuba and came to the U.S. in 1981. I told him to write to you, and he did so in Spanish (he doesn’t speak English) to ask what to do with the 319 shares of Medtronic PLC… Read story
November 17, 2017, 6:00am Business
I hate open enrollment season. Read story
November 15, 2017, 6:00am Business
People often ask me what’s the best budgeting tool to help them better track and control their spending. Read story
November 14, 2017, 6:01am Business
Twenty-five years ago, business took a beating in Olympia. The swing to the left in the 1992 general election was swift and potent. It drove higher costs to employers and more government regulations. Read story
November 13, 2017, 6:03am Business
The message sent by Republicans in the tax overhaul bill they launched last week is unmistakable and blunt: We think homeowners and buyers have gotten much too sweet a deal from the federal tax code for far too long — and now we’re going to whack them down. No other… Read story
November 12, 2017, 6:00am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: My elder sister, who never married and who worked for a large automobile dealer in Detroit, passed away last year, and her estate was finally settled. My remaining sister and I were the sole inheritors of a huge portfolio of 16 stocks, valued at $732,000. All the… Read story
November 11, 2017, 6:00am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: What is your opinion of Owens & Minor, which is in the medical supply business? I have $9,600 in cash sitting in my individual retirement account, and my dopey stockbroker, who has never been right in 12 years, recommends 400 shares. Please advise ASAP. Read story
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