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Regent Investment Management LLC Sells 50 Shares of The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD)

Regent Investment Management LLC decreased its stake in shares of The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD – Get Rating) by 0.6% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 8,584 shares of the home improvement retailer’s stock after selling 50 shares during the period. Regent Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Home Depot were worth $2,711,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Fairfield Bush & CO. acquired a new stake in Home Depot in the 1st quarter valued at about

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Spring Basket Decor- 5 Ways

Spring Basket Decor

A pretty little basket filled with flowers and foliage has a ton of charm and is a lovely touch for spring. I grabbed this French Market Basket and played a bit with ideas for where to enjoy it. From the front door to the staircase- sharing a few ideas for spring basket decor in the house.

French Market Foliage

Something fun about this basket of blooms? This is a piece from my collection with Balsam Hill. I designed the French Market Collection for them a couple of years ago. There is a garland, arrangement, several wreath sizes,

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Driving a Homebuilt Jeep 6×6 Is a Reminder That Cars Should Be Silly

Homebuilt Jeep Wrangler 6x6 Wesley Kagan — This Jeep 6×6 Reminds Us That Cars Should Be SillyAdam Riding

It’s a laugh from the moment it pulls into the paddock. This is a Arizona Motorsports Park, a race track, a land for serious machines. There’s a GR Corolla and a Civic Type R in the pits, looking menacing as F-35s and French Mirages from Luke Air Force Base scream overhead. Then the green, six-wheeled Jeep shows up.

It’s a project of Wesley Kagan, and arguably his origin story. The mild-mannered tinkerer is bound to become an automotive folk hero. At 25, his projects so far included fitting

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Will CD rates go up in 2023?

The early months of 2023 have been a boon for savers: The best interest rates on certificates of deposit (CDs) have topped 5%, the highest they’ve been in about 15 years. Since CDs require a commitment, however, that leaves many wondering: Will CD rates go up even more in 2023? Or have they hit their peak? The answer depends on where the economy goes as well as what happens in the banking system.

An interest rate is nothing more than the price of money, and like any price, it’s determined by supply and demand. The more that consumers, businesses and …

growing daffodils in my garden

At this time of year, when I share pictures of the daffodils in my garden, in flowers all over the lawn, I always receive emails asking about how it works. So here are a few tips, sharing what I have learned over the years.

Why did I plant them in the lawn?

When we first moved to this house, the garden was pretty simple, and the only beds contained nothing but daffodils and snowdrops. I let them bloom our first spring here and then dug them all up and replanted them in the lawn. The snowdrops are planted beneath the

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Home improvement tops the list of riskiest scams – HighRiverOnline.com

The Better Business Bureau of Canada has released its list of the top 10 riskiest scams of 2022.

Their Canadian Risk Report includes information on the scams reported to them including median dollar loss, scam susceptibility.

When it comes to their top 10 riskiest scams, factors like susceptibility, exposure (volume of reports), and the average amount of money lost are all factored in.

Home improvements

Cryptocurrencies

Advance fee loans

Investment

Employment

Online purchases

Rentals

credit card

Travel/vacation/timeshare

Phishing/social engineering

Home improvement scams are in the number one spot. Although

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Riskiest scams in Canada ranked by Better Business Bureau

A new report from the Better Business Bureau (BBB) says the riskiest frauds in Canada are home improvement scams and cryptocurrency scams, followed by advance fee loan scams.

The organization, which advocates for education to protect consumers, says home improvement scams were the riskiest in 2022, up from the fourth-riskiest ranking in 2021.

According to the report published March 6, 1,291 scams were reported by Canadian consumers to the BBB Scam Tracker in 2022. The overall median dollar loss reported was $300, a 20-per-cent increase from the 2021 median dollar loss of $250.

More people were being targeted by websites,

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Actor Tawny Newsome Reveals Her Vintage Airstream

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Welcome to DIY Diary. Each entry covers a new home improvement project. Here, actor, musician, and podcaster Tawny Newsome puts the finishing touches on her vintage Airstream, transforming the dilapidated vehicle into a cozy enclave.

Renovating a vintage trailer from the 1960s is an undertaking. But starting a renovation of an Avion Travel Cader in the midst of a pandemic? Proves even more difficult.

Tawny Newsome—who voices the Beckett Mariner character on Star Trek: Lower Decks, plays the ambitious helicopter pilot on Netflix’s Space Force, and cohosts the Yo,

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