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Regular HVAC Maintenance Can Help Avoid Costly Repairs - 3 Reasons to Schedule an Annual Tune-up of your Heating and Air Conditioning System Why do furnaces always seem to fail during record setting cold? Why do air conditioners invariably die in the middle of oppressive heat waves? Unfortunate homeowners – shivering under wooly blankets or sweating in-front electric fans – might be tempted to blame Murphy’s Law, but Mr. Murphy is usually not the culprit. All-too-often, a simple lack of maintenance is the cause of serious problems. Experts agree that HVAC maintenance is critically important to the proper functioning of your home’s heating and cooling system. 3 Important Reasons to Schedule an Annual HVAC Tune-up 1.        Scheduled maintenance is less expensive than emergency repairs. Weather extremes put great stress on HVAC equipment. Minor problems that might have been easily detected during routine maintenance can quickly turn into emergenc...

The Key to a Quality Retirement is Quality Retirement Planning - by G. M. Fyden                                                                                                         After 3:00 PM on weekday afternoons it’s not unusual for American workers to look at the clock and contemplate quitting time. For workers in their forties or fifties that glance at...

This piece proved highly effective in the realm of “article marketing”. When it was fresh it turned up high in the rankings for search terms like “What is an MLP?”, or “MLPs vs REITs”, or “Real Estate MLPs”. The result was plenty of clicks and searches that lead back to me. The basics of MLP investing are explained in easy to understand language in an easy to read format. MLP Units as an Alternative to REITs by Glenn M Fydenkevez Income investors appear to be taking a fresh look at real estate stocks. Some Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), such as Federal Realty Trust (NYSE: FRT), Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP) and Brandywine Realty (NYSE: BDN), have displayed truly impressive performance during the recent stock market rally. With the financial crisis and credit squeeze abating, there is reason for cautious optimism. Many astute real estate investors have discovered a potentially promising opportunity in a somewhat obscure class of securities called Master Li...

BP’s Dudley Bested by The Russians (Again) By Glenn Fydenkevez Robert Dudley, the American CEO of BP PLC, has requested and received a one-month deadline extension to close an Arctic prospecting joint venture and share swap with Russia’s OAO Rosneft. The $16 billion-dollar deal and Dudley’s credibility hang in the balance. Unfortunately, he’ll need more than a month; he’ll need a miracle. There is a second Russian partnership involved, and they simply will not allow the deal to happen unless it happens on their terms. AA Renova, an investment entity which controls BP’s current Russian joint venture, TNK-BP, is using aggressive legal tactics to stop BP and Rosneft from joining forces. AA Renova is claiming that BP is contractually obligated to do the Rosneft Deal through TNK-BP. Are they? Who knows, but the whole thing is tied up in Russian courts and is unlikely to be resolved over the course of a one-month extension that’s already half over.  It’s clear to Dud...