There will be a traditional "German Mardi Gras" costume ball, entertainment, music by a live band, full German-style dinner, refreshments and prizes. 6:00 p.m. to Midnight Placerville Shakespeare Club, 2940 Bedford Avenue, Placerville. Cost is $10 for members and $13 for non-members. Dinner is available for an additional $15. prepaid by 1/19 For more information contact: Micki Roggatz (530) 644-2567
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Thursday as a sharp drop in oil prices sent the energy sector tumbling and disappointing profit outlooks from large companies such as Merck raised the specter of a worsening economy.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CEOs of General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC said they would consider restarting talks about a merger during a nearly six-hour congressional grilling on the industry's pleas for $34 billion in government aid.
DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) - The year-long U.S. recession has taken a turn for the worse recently, two top Federal Reserve policy-makers said on Thursday, raising expectations for aggressive policy action by the central bank as soon as next week.
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC said on Thursday they would be open to a merger if the U.S. government mandated it as a condition for providing the emergency financing they say is needed to allow them to survive into 2009.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many retailers posted sharply lower November sales at stores open at least a year, prompting some investors to pour into the sector on hopes the dismal results signaled a bottom for share values.
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