Officials see UC Merced helping spur Valley business (The Hanford Sentinel)
The San Joaquin Valley, a region stretching from Stockton to Bakersfield, has starved for a major research university of its own until UC Merced was founded in 2005. The Valley, more than any other area in the state, is economically and educationally depressed. The wealth a world-class research university typically brings would help reverse that trend that for decades has diminished the Valley's ...
"A Coming New Currency!" (Kitco.com)
What can we say? We are experiencing the most severe financial crisis since 1929. It hurts. There appears to be no relief in site. What began with mortgage defaults has now spread to the derivative markets.
Despite pollution, beauty of Mississippi River survives (The Pantagraph)
BLOOMINGTON -- Kristian Gustavson has a special connection to water. The 23-year-old, who spent his early days and summers in Bloomington, became a lifeguard and a swim instructor in high school.
Monticello, surrounding cities give updates at event (Monticello Times)
The Wright County Economic Development Partnership held a State of the Cities event in Otsego at the Rockwood’s Banquet Center on June 18. This event featured the northern and eastern cities of Wright County, and included the county seat, Buffalo.
California foreclosures fall dramatically (BizJournals)
ForeclosureRadar, a daily tracker of residential real estate, on Monday reported a steep decrease in the number of foreclosure filings in September and suggested that new regulations in California designed to give homeowners more warning when a foreclosure is imminent may be behind the decrease.
Cassel all business (The Sun Chronicle)
FOXBORO - Keep in mind that California is a very big state, and that there are roughly 330 miles between where Matt Cassel has been spending his days and where his family lives.
