Pftown- Articles and Information about Business and Finance.

Despite news reports and studies showing the dubious benefits of drinking bottled water, many people continue the habit, along with adding all those empty bottles to landfills nationwide.

How to Quit a Bottled Water Habit
by Erin McKeever

Switching from drinking bottled water to tap is great way to help the environment and save money. Here are 5 tips to make the transition easier and get others to join in.

1. Get Over It
There is nothing about bottled water that makes it better or safer than tap water. In fact, tap water has even more government oversight and often less risk of contamination. Tap water usually has fluoride added to help prevent tooth decay and costs only pennies a gallon. On the other hand, even inexpensive bottled water Read the rest of this entry »

Purchasing solar panels for your home is a large investment that will help you to reduce your electricity costs over the long term. In order to meet this goal, it is important that the panels that you purchase and the company that installs the panels be of the utmost quality. These ten tips for choosing a solar panel installation company will ensure that the experience is smooth, and Read the rest of this entry »

Many times homeowners don’t have any idea that there is water damage in their home until the situation becomes too large to ignore. Other times, it is quite obvious, like after a flood or an accident. Much like smoke damage, this type of problem can be costly to repair, Read the rest of this entry »

Summer is just around the corner so now is a great time to do some work around the house in order to lower your cooling bills. Air conditioning can cost hundreds of dollars each month and by doing some planning and quick maintenance on your home, you can save a bundle. Here are some tips on saving on your electric bills. Read the rest of this entry »

Surveillance cameras work by transmitting images or video from a distance to either a human observer or video recording device. The transmission method may be either wired Closed-circuit television (CCTV) or wireless. Read the rest of this entry »

Return address labels can save a lot of time when working with regular mail. The time saving labels are a must during bill-paying and they are useful in many other instances throughout the year.

The last thing that you want to do is fill out your name and address over and over again, and those of us who pay most of our bills the old-fashioned way find the return address labels very useful. The stickers can save the person who is writing the bills the hassle of repetitive writing and may also help prevent writer’s cramp. Read the rest of this entry »

Note: A recent court order regarding Vonage.

Find the best VOIP service for your needs.

If you’re wondering how to save big money on your phone bills, VoIP can help. VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol. VoIP has gone from little known a few years ago to widespread use today. Why are millions of business and residential customers using VoIP everyday? Read the rest of this entry »

(ARA) - Mother Nature hasn’t been too kind to homeowners or insurance companies during the past year, most recently to Hurricane Katrina victims along the Gulf Coast.

Six hurricanes made landfall in the United States last year, four of them causing more than $42 billion dollars in damage in Florida; over Memorial Day Weekend 2004, tornadoes, high winds and heavy thunderstorms caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage from Louisiana to the Great Lakes; and just this past March, a hail storm caused $100 million dollars in damage in Central Texas in a matter of minutes. Read the rest of this entry »