Clayton Carter and his wife made a few hundred bucks at a garage sale the other day, but they then learned that a $100 bill a woman used to buy a $5 item was a fake.
To the editor: We live in an oligarchy! A capitalist, free-market, democratic economy is a delusion. A very small portion of the population controls almost all the wealth.
Nearly 40 local not-for-profit organizations were the beneficiaries of more than $52,000 in checks from Mid-Columbia Medical Center during an event celebrating the hospital’s unique community “tithing” program.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers extended their solid hiring into July by adding 209,000 jobs. It was the sixth straight month of job growth above 200,000, evidence that businesses are gradually shedding the caution that had marked the 5-year-old recovery.
Recently I spent a few days on the campus of a private university in the mid-west. I was there to speak to the students on money matters -- specifically the student loans many of these students will take with them as part of their college experience.
Speaking on the eve of Labor Day weekend, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) focused on the pressures faced by the middle class at his annual town hall Aug. 30 at Columbia Gorge Community College.
Your chart indicates a strong potential in the year ahead for you to exercise your improved managerial skills. It’s time to put your talents to good use.
