Business

 The Better Business Bureau investigates thousands of scams every year, and this past year launched two websites to help consumers figure out which offers are real and which ones are possibly frauds: 

BBB Smart Investing (www.bbb.org/smartinvesting), developed in partnership with the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, informs consumers about investment fraud, Ponzi schemes and risky investments, and helps them assess their risk, check out brokers, and avoid getting taken. 

 MOUNT WASHINGTON - After taking care of four sons, several foreign exchange students and numerous foster children, Denise Carter finally reached the point in her career as a stay-at-home mom where she could do something she had wanted to do for many years. 

 BBB is receiving reports of salespersons in the Elizabethtown area, going door-to-door, trying to get residents to sign contracts to replace their “damaged” windshields.

 After the successful opening of its first location in Shepherdsville, Charlie’s Pizza recently opened a second operation in Hillview off Brooks Hill Road.