For some, moving into a new office can be just as stressful as moving into a new home. With all the equipment, furniture and documents that need to be moved, it is important to make sure that you have every step of the way planned to be as organized and efficient as possible. Here is [...]

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In three years as CEO of spice maker McCormick, Alan D. Wilson has been charged with steering the company through difficult economic times and periods of extreme volatility in commodities prices. Founded in 1889 and based near Baltimore, McCormick recently reported 2010 fourth quarter sales of $979.5 million, a 6% increase over the previous year. [...]

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WASHINGTON – Just because President Obama’s latest budget proposal calls for rollbacks in mortgage-interest deductions solely for high-income taxpayers, should you assume that all of your write-offs as a homeowner are secure from attack? Absolutely not. In fact, those tax benefits – from capital gains exclusions to home equity and second-home interest deductions – might [...]

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The picketing in Saguaro Ranch, the northwest-side luxury development tucked into the Tortolita Mountains that’s now in bankruptcy court, has come to an end. At least for now. A civil lawsuit filed by protester Steven Blomquist against Marana was dismissed last week. Until recently, Blomquist regularly picketed over his opposition to the town’s abandonment of [...]

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New-home construction will likely remain gruelingly slow in the coming year, a local housing consultant said in an annual forecast. John L. Strobeck of Bright Futures Business Consultants predicted fewer permits for new-home construction would get issued in the coming year than in 2010. With only 1,865 new-home permits issued last year in Pima County, [...]

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