The $12.5 million plan for the new Branford fire headquarters cleared a big hurdle this week after the Board of Finance voted unanimously to approve the request. The proposal now…

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$12.5 Million Branford Fire HQ Plan Advances

WASHINGTON: Debate is intensifying at the Federal Reserve over how best to cope with a weakening recovery, with momentum growing for a concrete plan to prevent a backslide into recession.

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How to save the US from a weakening economy?

Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools got money Thursday to hire 141 teachers. Eyewitness News learned more funds are on the way, but they may not arrive soon enough.

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Lottery Money May Arrive Too Late To Help CMS This Year

Depending on credit cards for emergencies can land you deep into debt quickly. Putting just a little bit away each month instead could save you from financial crisis.

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Lessons from my worst money blunders: credit card emergency fund

Weve heard it time and again, invoked both as a defense and a deterrent: Clean personal care products are just too expensive. And its true that many of the items we most adore are on the pricier side. But before getting into some practical advice on how to save as you green your grooming, lets consider why these goodies are so costly in the first place

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Seven Ways to Save Money With Natural Products

County employees’ prescription plan approved – SAN BERNARDINO ⢠Changes in the way some county

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County employees’ prescription plan approved

Profit at Investors Bancorp Inc., the Short Hills-based parent company of Investors Savings Bank, rose more than 170 percent in the second quarter, the bank announced Wednesday.

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Investors Savings Bank profits rise in 2Q

The plan was developed by Honeywell International. Smagala said the energy savings plan will allow the district to complete much needed facilities projects using energy savings from energy conservation measures to pay for them.

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North-Voorhees board adopts energy savings plan

The Democrat calls for changing the state’s end-of-year testing system so teachers receive results quickly, and he backs increasing the amount of spending on colleges. Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown unveiled an education reform plan Wednesday that calls for a wholesale restructuring of California’s public school system, from changing the way schools are funded to revamping the …

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Brown unveils education reform plan

Source: IRIN Members of the African Union reaffirmed at the end of their meeting on 27 July in Kampala, Uganda, that they would strive to spend 15 percent of their national budgets on health, but at the end of the day it is about how “effectively and efficiently” you spend the money, not about how much.

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AFRICA: It’s how you spend the money that saves lives