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Durham, NC – Emma Ross says “I’m not a techie by any means,” but she was among the presenters Friday at Duke’s annual conference on instructional technology , demonstrating how she used Google Maps, Google Sketchup and other electronic tools to track the journeys of famous 18th century explorers.A senior from Williamsburg, Va., who will soon graduate with a double major in French and history,    .. more …

WAYZATA, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– TCF Bank is teaming up with some local organizations to benefit the community while at the same time helping individuals with their spring cleaning. On Saturday, May 12 and Saturday, May 19, select TCF Bank branches will have collection trucks in their parking lots and collection bins inside the branches to accept donations. Collection times are from 10 a.m. to 1    .. more …

It’s likely you’ll need to finance your vehicle purchase, especially if you’re buying new. A good credit score can help reassure potential lenders that you’ll be a good credit risk – and make them more inclined to offer you a lower interest rate for your auto loan.Car sales in February 2012 were nearly 24 percent higher than the same month in 2011, and SUV sales were nearly 12 percent higher,    .. more …

Regions Financial Corp. gave out more mortgage loans to its customers and commercial loans to businesses in the first three months of the year, which helped the bank deliver eight times the profit it had last year.The bank’s stock rose 36 cents per share, nearly 6 percent, to close at $6.45 a share, in New York Stock Exchange trading on Tuesday.Regions, the bank with the biggest market share of    .. more …

For the first time since 2002 consumer credit in Canada is rising more slowly than in the U.S. TORONTO , May 9, 2012 /CNW/ – Canadians are putting the brakes on spending with outstanding consumer credit now rising at the slowest pace since the early 1990′s, finds a new report from CIBC World Markets.”Regardless of how you measure it, there is a clear slowing trend in the pace of growth in    .. more …

By Penny Rathbun prathbun@starlocalnews.com The organization celebrated its first anniversary on Easter weekend with an Easter egg hunt for the children and a free lunch of hotdogs and hamburgers for the community.Other than that it was business as usual on the first and third Saturdays of the month when the food bank hands out boxes of food to the hungry in Celina.On Saturday April 7 Grace    .. more …

EVANSVILLE “It is an idea that, on the face of it, seems patently absurd.How can area nonprofit organizations generate thousands or millions of dollars in revenue and incur no fundraising expenses?A Courier Press/Scripps News Service analysis of area nonprofits’ most recent available reports to the Internal Revenue Service found they collectively generated $51.2 million with virtually no    .. more …

CONVERSE, Ind., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — First Farmers Financial Corp. , Converse, and First Citizens of Paris, Inc. , Paris, Illinois, completed their previously announced merger on May 1, 2012 by which Citizens National Bank merged into First Farmers Bank Trust , the wholly owned subsidiary bank of FFFC. Gene Miles, President and Chief Executive Officer of First Farmers Bank Trust stated,    .. more …

Consumers should be careful when deciding whether to use a cash loan in non-emergency situations, asserts payday-loans-australia.org, an information portal for short-term cash loans. Since payday loans are very easy and quick to get, consumers often use them for non-emergency needs and in certain cases put an unnecessary pressure on their budget. Sydney, Australia (PRWEB UK) 19 May 2012    .. more …

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort received permission Thursday to secure a $75 million cash line of credit in case a hurricane damages the state, since a pending legal judgment against the company could nearly drain its bank account. The Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has about $140 million set aside in available funds, enough to cover the $110    .. more …