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In this edition of FactCheck Extras, we look at the history of derivatives, President Obama's use of a teleprompter, and an old piece of bunk that won't go away. The liberal group Americans United for Change has released an ad that blames Wall Street for high unemployment. The ad says that "a few years ago, Wall Street created something called derivatives" that were used to build "a house of cards that finally came tumbling down" and "cost 7 million Americans their jobs."

President Obama was in a grade school classroom speaking to elementary school children and he was using a teleprompter.   -Tim Pawlenty

 

Many U.S. cities are suffering under the crippling economy, but Baton Rouge's financial situation could be improving. East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Kip Holden announced last week that Standard & Poor's Corporation increased the city's bond rating to AA+, only one upgrade away from the corporation's highest grade, according to a news release from the mayor's office. Two other rating agencies also increased their bond rating for the city.

It means the likelihood they’ll default on those bonds is low   -Don Chance

 

@TX Index copy:The blues blew hot Saturday night as the legendary B.B. King made a triumphant return to Memorial Auditorium, write Sharon and Don Chance. @TX Index copy:YES Prep — the name is an acronym for Youth Engaged in Service — strives to get each of its students into college regardless of their backgrounds or social status. @TX Index copy:On Sunday afternoon, the Cowboys got even, writes sports columnist Nick Gholson.  

As many studies have shown, at least 40% of the variability in returns can be reduced by moving from a single company to 20. Once a portfolio contains 20 or 30 stocks, adding more does little to damp the fluctuations in wealth over time. Despite the evidence, Jason Zweig explores the conventional views on diversification more closely.  

Pope wrote at length about the city employees that spoke up in Brocato's benefit. I made an Oregon Public Records request to find out what 11 of those employees were making in salary before Brocato was hired, and what they were making when he was fired. The following employees received raises during Brocato's employment that amounted to the following annual increases.  

When it comes to planning for Baker City's future, nobody has visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads, but there is hope for a slow-growth option favored by most focus groups. Over the past three months, 14 focus groups comprising 133 community volunteers spent hundreds of hours studying and debating the pros and cons of three planning options for Baker City's future, including a no-growth do nothing strategy, a slow-growth strategy designed to see Baker City expand over 25 years to a population so

What we wound up with was almost unanimous consensus for the slow-growth model, favored by 13 of the 14 focus groups   -Don Chance

 

Lift trucks: In this exclusive interview, Don Chance, President of NMHG Sales (Nacco Industries Inc.'s materials handling group) gives his vision of the sh......  

Lift trucks: In this exclusive interview, Don Chance, President of NMHG Sales (Nacco Industries Inc.'s materials handling group) gives his vision of the sh......  

The Baker County Economic Development Committee tabled a request for $18,000 to cover one-third of the cost of a $73,000 analysis of the Base Camp Baker campaign as a tourism marketing and business recruitment tool. Last week, members of the Transient Lodging Tax Committee chose Norstar to do the study. The tax committee approved $55,000, leaving the fate of the study in the hands of the EDC, possibly in combination with other entities, to come up with the $18,000 balance.

The most common comment I get is ‘wow, I didn’t realize there was so much to do over there,’   -Andrew Bryan

 

The Baker City Council on Tuesday approved the second reading of an ordinance that makes more than 200 changes to the city's zoning and development rules. Nobody showed up to comment on Ordinance 3296. A third and final reading, after which the ordinance would take effect, is planned for the Sept. 22 Council meeting.

They can help us in finding the appropriate funding for specific projects   -Michelle Owen