Latest Holidays News
Letter: Keep honoring presidents
By Anonymous A recent writer to Your Views complained about her town not celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day while it celebrated Columbus Day and Presidents Day, holidays she deemed “outdated.” What an unhappy example of how far this country has
Updated: 01/20/2012 02:07A
CLOSE TO HOME Remembering the first car
Still, we complied after our gray van died over the holidays, giving new meaning to winter break. God rest her soul. She was a good un, the sixth car weve owned since we got married. Like a lot of things, the first was the best.
Updated: 01/20/2012 02:07A
Home in the Midwest, mixed up in the Middle East
It was one very scattered set of holidays this year. My sister Lucy and nephew Sam currently live in Abu Dhabi while she teaches at an American school. My other sister, Meg, who travels for work, was convening with them for Christmas.
Updated: 01/20/2012 01:51A
Plenty to do in the last week of holidays
There are plenty of activities to get children out of the house in the last week of the school holidays. Sydney Olympic Park has a program of activities planned for the final days of the holidays from January 22 to 29. FREE AFL CLINICS: for children
Updated: 01/20/2012 01:40A
A new year, but the same old House
WASHINGTON Lawmakers went home for the holidays and got an earful from constituents about their juvenile behavior in Washington. So, in their first major act of 2012, House Republicans picked up exactly where they left off: They staged a duplicitous
Updated: 01/20/2012 01:09A
tin price ends lower
A dealer said buyers unload their positions as they were reluctant to hold them ahead of the long Chinese New Year holidays. The market also failed to follow the better performance on the London Metal Exchange (LME) which saw the tin price up US$95 to
Updated: 01/20/2012 12:48A
China spot manganese price up $20-30/mt on week amid stronger demand
Manganese spot prices edged up $20-30/mt week on week Thursday due to last minute restocking by spot buyers before the week-long Chinese Lunar New Year holidays. Platts assessed the spot price for 99.7% manganese at $3050-3080/mt FOB China Thursday,
Updated: 01/20/2012 12:42A
Holiday Retail Positions Closed But Great Falls Has More Openings
By Rachel Ousley Many retailers have already said good-bye to their holiday staff, except for those lucky few that stay on. Although jobs in January are usually slim, Great Falls is doing better than last year. Target in Great Falls hired 40 extra
Updated: 01/20/2012 12:39A
China quietly adds market liquidity, analysts say
Chinese banks and financial markets are closed next week for the Lunar New Year holidays — a period for family get-togethers and celebrations. Wei said an RRR cut was more likely in March than in February, as inflation data for January — due out in the
Updated: 01/20/2012 12:33A
UPDATE: Asian Shares Gain; Financials Surge; China PMI Up Slightly
By John Phillips and Shri Navaratnam SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Asian stock markets tacked on modest gains Friday on optimism from Europe and the US, but demand was tempered as many bourses wound down ahead of extended Chinese Lunar New Year holidays next
Updated: 01/20/2012 12:29A