Business

Personal Finance: Grass Valley man heads to Liberia to oversee microfinance program

By Claudia Buck - Published: 12:00 am

Can a few dollars make a big difference? One young man from Grass Valley is attempting to find out.

By Anne Gonzales - Published: 12:00 am

When a kid twists her ankle at a Saturday afternoon soccer game, she may wind up in a nearby emergency room sitting next to a stabbing victim.

Business calendar week of Jan. 29

Published: 12:00 am

Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce and Center of Praise Ministries sponsor "How To Access Capital."

Strong year for California's job market

By Phillip Reese - Published: 12:00 am

Here's some good news: California added jobs at a faster pace than all but six other states last year.

Despite positive 2011, Sacramento job market still years from full recovery

Business Wire

S. Sudan holds firm on oil production stoppage

The Associated Press - Published: 3:21 am

South Sudan's minister of petroleum and mining says the nation will not restart oil production unless Sudan accepts a list of demands.

Thwarted on US oil pipeline, Canada looks to China - 9:06 pm
Key dates in Greece's debt crisis - 6:36 pm
300 arrested in daylong Occupy Oakland protests - 3:11 am
Private investors near deal on Greek debt - 7:51 pm
Germans float direct EU control over Greek budget - 8:36 am

LATEST PRESS RELEASES

• More headlines

Claudia Buck

Personal Finance: Grass Valley man heads to Liberia to oversee microfinance program

By Claudia Buck - Published: 12:00 am

Can a few dollars make a big difference? One young man from Grass Valley is attempting to find out.

Job Front

Job Front: Finding position is hard work - Jan 23
Job Front: Hiring time at Home Depot - Jan 17
Job Front: Hopefuls give tax tryouts a twirl - Jan 9

JOB FRONT LINKS

Fasting-growing jobs in the region
Fasting-shrinking jobs in the region
Interactive: See unemployment trends
Map: County-by-county unemployment trends

Top 10 scams of 2011

Full-sized gallery

Medical News

Helpful forms for end-of-life concerns - 12:20 am
Sacramento woman, 96, gives family the gift of planning her own peaceful death - 12:42 am
UCD stem cell research battles Huntington's disease - 12:00 am

Technology

California solar strikes gold in N.J. - Jan 22
Neighborly network for Rancho Cordova - Jan 17
Mobile banking expands to making deposits by smartphone - Jan 15

Agriculture

Feds put their mark on cattle branding - 12:00 am
Funds raised to save smaller farms - 12:00 am
Grape harvest down as U.S. thirst for wine grows, Sacramento symposium is told - Jan 26

Call to Readers

Fed up with bank fees?

Fed up with new bank fees, thousands of U.S. consumers switched their bank over the last few months, according to a new study. Were you one of them? If so, we'd like to hear why and how you made the move. Contact personal finance writer Claudia Buck at: cbuck@sacbee.com or (916) 321-1968.

Databases