| Mexico's October Economic Activity Up 4.7% On Year - Govt
Inegi said services grew 5.4% from October 2006, while industrial production was up 3% and agricultural production rose 7.7%. The overall 4.7% year-on-year increase was the biggest in a year. The IGAE index is a monthly indicator that measures most of gross domestic product. Earlier Friday, Finance Minister Agustin Carstens said Mexico's GDP probably grew more than 3% in 2007. The ministry's previous estimate for full-year growth was 3%. -By Anthony Harrup, Dow Jones Newswires; (5255) 5080 3450, anthony.harrup@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires January 11, 2008 15:47 ET (20:47 GMT) Copyright 2008 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. .
Season's Readings: Community cookbooks perfect for holidays and ...
If your favorite family dishes are getting predictable or if you are looking for a few new ideas to call your own this holiday season, this selection of San Diego County area community cookbooks may be just the recipe. Each is stuffed with tried-and-true favorites loved by good local cooks and their families.All the proceeds from their sales go to good causes, and they make great gifts, too. So tuck in and enjoy these hometown goodies. There's something for everyone. San Dieguito Woman's Club's North Coast Recipes: The women at the San Dieguito Woman's Club believe that good food is truly a gift, so they have brought together their favorite recipes. The club has endowed a scholarship at MiraCosta College, and members tutor readers at local elementary schools as well as support the Make-A-Wish Foundation's annual Easter egg hunt and provide scholarships for an annual high school leadership conference.
Resurgence in Bunyan Country
The grey taconite rock in which the remaining ore was pocketed appeared too hard and the ore of too low a grade for profitable mining. The pits and shipping docks slowed down, and miners lost their work. Northern Minnesota slowly became an aspen-covered Appalachia. Today, the slump is being dramatically reversed. The steel industry has devised a way to drill the once useless taconite with 4,300° jet flames. Machines then crush the ore, magnetize it and roll it into pea-sized pellets that are then baked to produce a product that is richer per ton than natural ore. So important is this development that Governor Karl F. Rolvaag's Democratic-Farm-Labor Party last year finally persuaded Minnesota voters to approve a "taconite amendment" to the state constitution that gives mining companies, traditionally fair game for steep taxes, an assessment no higher than other businesses.
1958: Council moves City Hall to Mabel Tainter
Dr. Steve Brown and his wife, Diane, have partnered with West Wisconsin Land Trust to conserve 47 acres in the town of Menomonie. Their property is located approximately one mile outside the city limits of Menom-onie along State Highway 29. They have signed a voluntary conservation agreement with West Wisconsin Land Trust. These agreements allow landowners to fulfill their desires to preserve their properties and they permanently restrict certain future uses of the property. The land remains in private ownership and is not open to the public...New members of the Men-omonie Noon Rotary Club are Lisa Lyon, Earl Gunderson and Dane Morey...Temperature range here during week of Jan. 2-8 was a low of 18 degrees above zero to a high of 44 above zero. Only a trace of precipitation was reported...Newest member of the Boyceville Village Board is a high school senior.
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