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Ready to Rent Workshop: April 18, 2009

April 11th, 2009 by Kenneth Long

(Raleigh, NC) The Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network is hosting the Ready to Rent workshop series on Saturdays in April. Vision Credit will be supplying the credit education portion on Saturday, April 18, 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ready to Rent Workshop: April 8, 2009

April 6th, 2009 by Kenneth Long

Event Dates: Monday – Thursday, April 6 – 9, 2009

(Raleigh, NC) The Wake County Supportive Housing Program is conducting its next Ready to Rent workshop series at the Helen Wright Center for Women during the second week of April. The Supportive Housing Program is a division of Wake County Human Services. Read the rest of this entry »

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FDIC Failed Bank List

April 2nd, 2009 by Kenneth Long

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) provides protection to bank account holders when the banks fail. In some cases, the bank must be taken over if federal regulators believe that the bank has become insolvent. The FDIC has released a list of these banks (Updated July 22, 2009). Read the rest of this entry »

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Fifth Annual Johnston / Wake County Youth Summit

March 5th, 2009 by Kenneth Long

Event Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009

(Raleigh, NC) The Capital Area Youth Workforce Council is holding its fifth annual youth summit for Wake and Johnston County youth. Programs are geared toward at-risk youth 14 to 21 years of age. Read the rest of this entry »

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Credit Giant Citigroup Receives Bailout

November 24th, 2008 by Kenneth Long

The $21 billion in losses that Citigroup had so far reported threatened to undermine the stability of the financial giant. Now the Fed is injecting an additional $20 billion into the bank for which preferred shares will be issued. This comes on the heels of an earlier $25 billion stake in the firm. Read the rest of this entry »

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