Money Anecdote

EPHRATA — An unexpected drop in revenue has forced Grant County to borrow money from other funds to keep operating. The county’s current expense fund is out of money after receiving $2 million less revenue than it expected at the end of 2009, Treasurer Darryl Pheasant said.

March 10 — New York developer Larry Silverstein , who teamed with the California State Teachers Retirement System to buy a 35-story skyscraper in 2006, now faces “imminent default” on debt tied to the property, Fitch Ratings said today.

March 10 — New York developer Larry Silverstein , who teamed with the California State Teachers Retirement System to buy a 35-story office tower in 2006, now faces “imminent default” on debt tied to the property, Fitch Ratings said today.

A virtual futures exchange is being assembled to allow people to bet money on a film’s box office success.

MARTINEZ — A Martinez teen was beaten and strangled in December because he wanted to tell his father that he had stolen his guns to pay off a drug debt, according to a prosecutor who filed murder and torture charges today against four people in the killing.

About a dozen local financial experts and IRS officials will be on hand Wednesday to answer money-oriented questions during an event hosted by The Arizona Republic.

March 10 — Hedge funds that trade currencies are taking hits from politicians casting them as speculators out to sink the euro and push Greece into insolvency. They are also losing money.

The president will travel to Missouri today to raise money for Sen.

March 10 — Dubai World, the state-owned holding company seeking to renegotiate terms on $26 billion of debt, made “some progress” in talks with creditors, U.K. Trade Minister Mervyn Davies said.

March 10 — Hedge funds that trade currencies are taking hits from politicians casting them as speculators out to sink the euro and push Greece into insolvency.