Steven Samblis

Greek yogurt invaded supermarkets. Chobani, which the Washington Post calls the best-known brand, saw its sales explode in its first five years from about $3 million to more than $1 billion in 2012, the newspaper reported. There is good reason Greek yogurt is a fierce competitor when it comes to regular yogurt. It is creamier,…

My mother always nagged to make my bed. Her reasoning was that starting the day with a well-made bed was also the start of an organized day and mind. I’m still on the fence about these statements…but I do agree that from an aesthetic point of view, it is always nice to try and make…

My wife and I are both over 63 and want to purchase a primary residence for our retirement. Can we use money from our IRA for the down payment? If so, are there any tax issues? –A Reader Dear Reader, It’s great that you and your wife are thinking ahead about where you’ll live in…

Dear Mr. Berko: Last February, you said the Dow Jones industrial average could pass 30,000 in 10 years. Considering the possibility of higher interest rates, dangerous international situations — Brexit, Catalonia, the Kurds, North Korea, global warming, the Middle East, Afghanistan, the economic failure of Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina — the huge costs…

Dear Mr. Berko: In January 2015, I bought 300 shares of Amazon at $342 a share, and it just kept going up and up. I never thought Amazon could rise so much that quickly. This year, my shares increased by more than 300 points, and I’m very nervous because I have such a large profit…

How about treating yourself to a few tricks of the fashion trade just by coloring your wardrobe world in a whole new way? You may be stuck in a black hole or blazing into red hot territory, but if you really want to make the most out of what you wear any time of the…

Rightly or wrongly, when most Americans think of wine country — a vague term at best — they mean the Napa Valley and neighboring Sonoma County an hour north of San Francisco. The region embodies the good life. Rolling vineyards give way to wooded hillsides, and idyllic villages with world-class restaurants dot the landscape. Along…

As a part of my Director’s series, I had a chance to sit down this week and talk to Dean Devlin about his new movie Geostorm. About Dean Devlin… Devlin appeared as an actor on numerous television shows throughout the 1980s. He also appeared in films including My Bodyguard, The Wild Life, Real Genius and…