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Archives for December, 2009

Lawmakers will aim to leave education with less money and more freedom when the Georgia General Assembly convenes in January to trim the state’s budget by at least $1.3 billion.

CNN’s Gerri Willis explains some ways you can save money in the new year. You would be surprised at some ways we spend too much annually.

Giving money away is not as easy as one might think. It becomes even more complicated if individuals and institutions integrate a Catholic socially responsible approach into their philanthropy.

An 80-year-old man charged with trying to rob an area bank told authorities he held up another bank the same day and gave the money away, according to court documents. After a hearing Wednesday, a federal magistrate ordered that Augusta Cannon be held in detention without bond pending trial.

A round-up of the most-read stories on guardian.co.uk/money this year It’s been a year of ups and downs in the world of personal finance: house prices started the year on a downward trajectory before making a surprise recovery, the FTSE took a dive before climbing steadily and inflation turned into deflation on one measure, before creeping back into positive territory. The Bank of …

A round-up of the most-read stories on guardian.co.uk/money this year It’s been a year of ups and downs in the world of personal finance: house prices started the year on a downward trajectory before making a surprise recovery, the FTSE took a dive before climbing steadily and inflation turned into deflation on one measure, before creeping back into positive territory.

Garrett Gomez rode Cenizo to a 1-length victory in the last race of the year at Santa Anita on Thursday, giving the jockey his fourth consecutive national purse earnings title.

Some of the federal stimulus money has come to the Bay Area to help spark job creation.

YRC Worldwide Inc. will keep on trucking, probably at least for the first part of 2010, after the company reached an agreement to exchange some of its outstanding bond debt for stock.

DENISON, Iowa- When Colleen Bradford Krantz, then a reporter for the Des Moines Register, heard the story of 11 immigrants found dead inside a grain car in Denison, she was struck – as many journalists are – with a multitude of questions.