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What can millennials teach us about homebuying?

A recent poll reported that nearly 70% of first-time home buyers have significant remorse over their purchase. While the reason for buyer’s remorse varied among those surveyed, a common trend is that many first time millennial buyers approach the process with a lack of adequate knowledge of homebuying and homeownership. What if they paid too much? What if they rushed the decision? What if they are unable to afford or maintain the house later down the road? When these sinking realizations hit,…

Plan your exit even if you never plan to leave your business

After tough years building their businesses, most business owners take great pride in what they've created. Some owners are so proud and dedicated to their businesses that they don't wish to retire. Instead, they intend to continue leading the business they love until their dying day.  Many of these owners think it's fine to wait to prepare for their business exit, and some believe there is no reason to plan for their exits at all since they're willing to die in the business. Owners must always…

Cybersecurity insurance startup plans to offer policies in 2019

The emerging insurance company looks to pay-out small business cybersecurity insurance claims within 24 hours of a breach and is looking for strategic partners to launch.

Q&A: Former Racker Carter talks new economic development role

The new director of Bear County Economic Development and Community Services is focused on workforce development.

Sears files for bankruptcy, will close 142 more stores, CEO steps down

Sears, the 125-year-old retailer that shaped American buying habits during much of the 20th century, filed for bankruptcy protection on Oct. 15 just ahead of the key Christmas shopping season. Sears Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: SHLD), which owns Sears and Kmart, filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, New York, on the same day that it was due to make a $134 million debt payment. The company said in a news release that it would close 142 “unprofitable” stores by…

Local nonprofit works to build better communities

Prospera specializes in developing and managing affordable housing complexes throughout South Texas.

These San Antonio-area donors gave the most to Ted Cruz since March 2017

Incumbent U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is in a heated contest in the midterm election on Nov. 6 against U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso. Polls consistently show Cruz ahead, but the race is closer than political analysts would have expected after the 2016 presidential election, in which President Donald Trump won Texas by 9 percentage points. Click on the slideshow above to see the top contributors to the Cruz campaign in the San Antonio area, along with how many times each has donated. Cruz…