Home Improvement

Retail sales warm up in May amid good weather

2013-06-06 08:17:00

Retail sales in May had their best month since January, as warmer weather and a stock market rally drew out shoppers who had spent March and April cooped up indoors. Same-store sales across the board rose an estimated 3.9%, slightly beating expectations...

Cars, home improvement give April retail sales a boost

2013-05-13 07:57:00

Spring’s arrival late in April gave retail sales a light boost as Americans emerged from hibernation to spend on cars, gardening goods and building supplies. From March to April, sales rose a slight 0.1% after declining a revised 0.5% from...

Facebook promises to fix Home with upgrades after user complaints

2013-05-09 15:54:00

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Facebook Home was introduced with much fanfare one month ago. So far it has not lived up to the hype. The app for Android smartphones has a two-star rating in the Google Play store. And the HTC First phone -- the first to come...

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison makes Malibu real estate his own

2013-05-05 00:00:00

On busy Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, some well-kept facades conceal a secret. Behind the Mediterranean with wooden doors, the white stucco two-story with a red tile roof, the long wall obscuring a three-structure compound, hides a singular,...

HGTV to introduce nine new series by July 31

2013-04-24 12:11:00

It's going to be a busy summer for HGTV. The home-focused cable channel announced at its Upfront presentation to advertisers in New York on Tuesday that it would debut nine new series by July 31. The highest profile new series is "Brother Vs. Brother,"...

Teen summer employment expected to rebound, job firm says

2013-04-11 11:01:00

After facing several years of stiff competition from recent college graduates and other displaced workers, teenagers are expected to find more summer job openings as retailers expand hiring, according to�outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc....

Mérida — an appealing destination in Mexico's south

2013-03-24 00:00:00

M�RIDA, Mexico — Until this winter, M�rida had just been a busy city I passed through on my way to the ancient Mayan ruins. Then, in mid-December, I made it my destination. I pretty much had to: I'd been hearing the city's name all fall, from...

Delinquencies on consumer loans continuing to fall, report says

2013-04-02 05:30:00

Missed payments on consumer loans continue to fall and are now well below the average for the last 15 years, the American Bankers Assn. says, reflecting the improved economy, cautious consumer behavior and tight lending standards. Delinquencies on...

Home Depot Center to become StubHub Center

2013-03-04 09:12:00

PHOENIX -- The Home Depot Center is getting a new name. The 125-acre multi-sport complex on the campus of Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson will be known as the StubHub Center starting on�on June 1, when the naming rights transfer from the chain of...

Jonathan Taylor Thomas to guest on Tim Allen's 'Last Man Standing'

2013-02-15 17:26:00

Jonathan Taylor Thomas will guest star on Tim Allen's "Last Man Standing." Yes, the young heartthrob whose mug was splashed all over Bop and YM covers during his run with Allen on the '90s sitcom "Home Improvement" will appear in the series, a...

Popularity of home elevators gets a lift

2013-02-13 00:00:00

Actress Jane Fonda bought a home in Beverly Hills last year with a feature that might seem counterintuitive for a fitness guru: an elevator. The Holmby Hills house that pop icon Michael Jackson leased has one within its 17,200 square feet of living...

Hazards of having an ex-wife as credit card joint owner

2013-02-10 00:00:00

Dear Liz: My boyfriend is deployed. I have his power of attorney, and during his deployment I have paid off all of his credit card debt. The accounts now need to be closed because they are ones that were acquired with his former wife. I know you say...

Steve Dubpernell, Greencastle, discussed home renovations with James Byers of Byers Home Improvement in Greencastle, Pa., at the 30th annual Franklin County (Pa.) Builders Show held at the Waynesboro Mall off Pa. 16 on Friday.

2013-03-08 00:00:00

"Home Improvement" reunion! Jonathan Taylor Thomas, left, will rejoin Tim Allen, who played his dad on "Home Improvement," on Allen's comedy "Last Man Standing."

2013-02-15 16:22:27

The renovated Brown house landscape features boxwood from the Eastern Shore, where the couple used to have a second home.

2012-07-05 00:00:00