SIERRA WILDLIFE REHABBING CLASSES CONTINUE IN APRIL
If you would like to learn more about the fascinating lives of El Dorado County wildlife, or if you are interested in caring for orphaned and injured birds or animals, Sierra Wildlife Rescue will continue its 2008 wildlife classes in April. Classes will be held on the following wildlife species in April:Raptors, April 9, 7--9 p.m
All classes are held at the SWR Center, 6236C Pleasant Valley Road, in the El Dorado Shopping Center, El Dorado, and are free to members of Sierra Wildlife Rescue; a $5.00 donation is requested from members of the public. For moreinformation on the classes, please call Barbara Barker, at 530-621-2650, or e-mail bsb@d-web.com.
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tackles financial stability in a key speech on Friday but economists doubt he will provide solid clues about future policy action to calm the credit crunch.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors' growing belief in the likelihood of a federal bailout of home-funding giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac triggered a rally in the debt prices of the two companies on Thursday while a steep fall in their shares prices abated.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose nearly 5 percent on Thursday, the biggest percentage gain in more than two months, driven by rising tensions between the United States and energy behemoth Russia.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three of Wall Street's top investment banks agreed to pay millions of dollars in fines and buy back billions of dollars in frozen, illiquid securities after U.S. regulators reached settlements over the way the firms sold auction-rate securities.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and S&P 500 rose on Thursday as surging oil prices drove up energy shares, though fresh fears of more credit losses on Wall Street kept gains modest and pushed the Nasdaq into negative territory.
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