A business licenses enable owners to operate legally within certain geographic areas. Before doing business with a specific person or company, you may want to ensure that the business is in compliance ...

Q:Several years ago, you wrote a column that was partially prompted by e-mail about the dangers of hiring unlicensed contractors. Now that the home improvement season is upon us, the Contractor's ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Hiring a contractor can be a daunting task whose outcome often depends on finding a company known for quality work among many with sketchier histories. Almost everyone has ...

March 17-- Mar. 17--Logging would be among many occupations unsuited to guys like me. That's because we're accident-prone. We can cut ourselves on anything, hit our heads on everything, slip on any ...

Keep in mind that if the type of work you had done required a licensed entity, then it is in your best interest to have that entity licensed. The reason being is because you then also have the state ...

Logging would be among many occupations unsuited to guys like me. That's because we're accident-prone. We can cut ourselves on anything, hit our heads on everything, slip on any slick spot. We are not ...