Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank. Madrid had powerful friends. But none of that mattered. Rio de Janeiro had the enchanting story

The trial of a former Junction City mayor charged with taking bribes got under way with prosecutors playing a tape in which Michael “Mick” Wunder admits taking $19,000 from a developer.

A green power building spree is on the way, and much of it will be brought to you by the same people who built the nuclear and coal-fired power plants that keep the lights on now.

Citibank has teamed up with US news provider Inquirer.net to offer its top credit card management tips.

A lot of parents statewide are out of work or have seen their wages cut. That’s creating a barrier for young adults to head to college.
At Lansing Community College, many students say they’ve had a though time

It is gardening season and a lot of people that garden can be pretty frugal, so I stopped by Bakers Nursery to find some Smart Shoppers to share there Smart Shopping tips.

The U.S. dollar remains modestly higher in generally narrow movements against a range of currencies midday Tuesday, as risk appetites have been blunted by worse-than-expected U.S. consumer-confidence data and a flat

Integrity Ltd. announced today that it would be presenting “Online Forex Trading” at a three-day event sponsored by the Bahrain Institute of Banking and FinanceBahrain Institute of Banking and Finance.

The Walla Walla County Farm Bureau will host “Taking Back America” with guest speaker Bob Williams, founder of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation.
“This meeting is your opportunity to learn what’s really happening in our state and nation,” the Farm Bureau said in a prepared statement.
The meeting will be Thursday at 7 p.m. at Valley Chapel schoolhouse, [...]

US President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen this week to press the International Olympic Committee on his hometown Chicago’s 2016 Summer Games bid, a White House official said on Monday.