When it comes to car culture, Saipan loses nothing to the mainland. So let’s kick the tires today. We’ll take a look at the December issue of Consumer Reports magazine, which offers predictions of new car reliability based on recent data from over 1 million car owners. Consumer...

It’s nearly time to close the books on 2014. How’d you do? Well, no matter how you did, I’ve got you covered today. We’ll start with the good, and then slide down to the other territory. As for the good, judging from reader correspondence from the year-to-date, many of you did...

I almost ran the clock out on this one, but one of my goals for 2014 was to crunch some numbers for the modern breed of solar power installations. I wanted to get a sense of how feasible solar photovoltaic (PV) energy can be these days. I used to be a financial analyst in the...

In what’s become a yearly event, the financial news is buzzing with news from the juncture of consumerism, high-tech products, and holiday shopping. When I flipped on the radio this morning it was covering sales figures for TVs, iPads, and smartphones. Well, sorry to disappoint...