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Menifee City Council sets rules for reimbursement, leaves credit card question open (The Press-Enterprise)
Menifee council members set rules on reimbursement for city-related expenses and left open the possibility of acquiring credit cards in the future. Councilman Scott Mann sparked the debate over credit cards as a way to cover city-related travel and other expenses incurred by City Council members. Economy to slow down more not rebound in '09 — UBS (The Daily Tribune)
The local economy is expected to become weaker next year as Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) slashed its forecast for 2009 to a 3.5 percent gross domestic product (GDP) expansion from a previous 4.5 percent projection. Transcript of second McCain, Obama debate (CNN)
Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama debated in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday night. NBC's Tom Brokaw moderated the debate. Here is a transcript of that debate. Business Highlights (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Wall Street joined in a worldwide cascade of despair Monday over the financial crisis, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest loss ever during a trading day. Even a big afternoon rally failed to keep the Dow from its first close below 10,000 since 2004. Transcript: Second Presidential Debate (CBS News)
A transcript of the second presidential debate between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama -- Oct. 7, 2008 from Nashville, Tenn. Sports poster outfit draws local criticism (The Union Democrat)
Two Tuolumne County business owners are upset over sports-calendar ads they thought would directly benefit Sonora High School, and would be displayed around town. "Union by day, Confederate by night." (Winchester Star)
Linden A."Butch" Fravel Jr. STEPHENS CITY — Newtown, its day of prominence done, or at least imperiled, existed in a "no man's land," literally as well as figuratively, during the Civil War. Iceland suspends trading in six banks (CNN)
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- Iceland halted trading in the shares of six of its major banks and put 100 percent guarantees on savers' deposits Monday as the world financial crisis engulfed the tiny island nation. Hail, hail our teachers! (Manila Bulletin)
Before there were doctors, lawyers, presidents, architects, journalists and many others, there were teachers. Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald)
The Adventurers of Lake Gaston Baptist Church will hold a fall and Christmas craft fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15, at the Church Family Life Center. All booths for the fair are full with some crafters coming from as far away as Greenville. |