From Saturday, October 14 2006 - 10:00am To Sunday, October 15 2006 - 5:00pm Each week
For two days Coloma will be packed with images, sounds & hands-on experiences dating back to the 1850's. Step back in time & experience the California Gold Rush. Live history tent encampments recreate Gold Rush history. Attend talks about the golddiscovery & Sutter's Mill. Live music, historic trade demonstrations & a merchants market. Gold panning contests, sawmill demonstrations & historical reenactments 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, 8 miles north on highway 49 from Placerville in Coloma. Free to the public. Parking is $7 per vehicle For more information contact: Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park (530) 295-2170
WASHINGTON/LIMA (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama has picked two experienced policymakers, Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers, to spearhead the fight against the global financial crisis -- appointments which should bring some cheer to world markets
LIMA (Reuters) - Leaders from Asia and the Americas promised on Saturday to push for a global free trade deal and reform international lenders in an effort to keep the world from sliding into a deep recession.
LONDON (Reuters) - Many financial assets across the world are looking cheap after the market ructions of the past year but investors in general have yet to rediscover the impulse to buy.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc has begun talks with the U.S. government as its plummeting share price raises doubts about the bank's ability to survive, a person familiar with the matter said.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lower fuel prices present a "unique opportunity" to hedge buying up to four years out, the chief executive of airline Virgin America said on Saturday.