Resolve to try these money-saving tactics in 2009 (USA Today)
Feeling a bit pinched financially? For 2009, resolve to take some simple steps that will save you money.
Top 10 stories of 2008 (Wauconda Courier)
Robert Wargaski brought three pigs onto his property in unincorporated Lake County at Dowell and Darrell roads in November after filing suit against Island Lake in 2007 in Lake County Court. The case continued this year with Wargaski asking to dismiss Island Lake's motions that the pig farm will smell and is a nuisance.
People, Products & Properties to Watch in '09 (Traverse City Business News)
Last year at this time the world was a different place; most of us weren’t nervously watching to see how badly the stocks fell that day, wondering if the Big Three would be bailed out or listening to report after report on foreclosures, bankruptcies, and bailouts.
Economic downturn, budget woes top news in 2008 (The Inquirer and Mirror)
Editor’s Note: As each year winds to a close, The Inquirer and Mirror chooses the top news stories and newsmakers that impacted the lives of those who call Nantucket home, be it year-round or only for a brief time.
Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)
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No shortage of shocking stories in '08 (Livingston County Daily Press & Argus)
A forgotten child who died in her father's pickup and the prosecutor's decision not to issue charges in the case evoked strong emotions among many Livingston County residents in 2008.
JANUARY 1 (Business Standard India)
RBI allows foreign institutional investors to short-sell equity shares in Indian companies. Short-selling was banned in 2001. State Bank of India raises deposit rates 25-175 basis points.
Recalling life on a farm in 1920s (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
Helen Digby fell in love with farmer Gerald Hillard when she was a teen and started their marriage in a...
Crop farmers face uncertain year in economic downturn (Minnesota Public Radio)
The recession is having some troubling impacts on the farm economy. Grain prices have tumbled, clouding farmer's outlook for next year.
2008 -- A year in review (McCook Daily Gazette)
According to the number of times the page was viewed on the Gazette's Web site, "The Amazing Ed Weir," written by Gazette columnist Walt Sehnert July 7, was the most-read story with 6,253 page views.
