The El Dorado Arts Council continues fund raising efforts to "Keep the Arts Alive: in El Dorado County. An elegant evening that will showcase Visual, Performing and Literary works by some of the areas most talented artists. Wines & delectables from some of the regions best restaurants & wineries, silent auction and live auction, live music by "Back to Back, and dancing 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Hosted at Mercedes Benz of El Dorado Hills $45.00 in advance, $50.00 at the door
www.eldoradoarts.com For more information contact: for information call 5302953496
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) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said Merrill Lynch & Co Inc , Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs have agreed to settlements regarding their auction rate security sales practices.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. financial industry enforcement agents will review the auction-rate debt operations of about 40 firms industrywide starting next week, sources familiar with the investigation said on Thursday.
Jul. 23 - The movie "Transformers" comes to Tokyo this week, a homecoming of sorts for the toy-robot film that earned over $260 million in three weeks in North America.
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