Students from Snohomish County high schools are expected to attend a career fair Wednesday morning at Everett Community College. The Rotary Career Fair gives students a chance to hear from local speakers in 20 different career fields, ranging from art to computer technology. The students also can visit with representatives from two dozen different agencies, public and private colleges, military branches and job skills programs. Rich Haldi, chairman for the career fair, said the fair is designed to strengthen school districts’ efforts to emphasize the link between school and work and to help students think about career choices. For more information about Wednesday’s event, call 425-388-9589.
Although gas prices have risen significantly in recent weeks, the $1.26 per gallon average price is still 23 cents less than the last Easter holiday, according to AAA Washington. The $1.26 statewide average is also the same as the one for the Everett-Bellevue-Seattle area. That’s about 4 cents less than the national average, now about $1.30 per gallon.
The Treasury Department sold three-month bills at a discount rate of 1.82 percent Monday, down from 1.84 percent last week. Six-month bills sold at a rate of 2.11 percent, up from 2.07 percent. The new discount rates understate the actual return – 1.854 percent for three-month bills, with a $10,000 bill selling for $9,954 and 2.163 percent for a six-month bill selling for $9,893.30. The Federal Reserve said Monday that the average yield for one-year constant maturity Treasury bills, the most popular index for making changes in adjustable rate mortgages, rose to 2.66 percent last week from 2.58 percent the previous week.
A federal appeals court barred Napster on Monday from resuming its free online file-swapping service. The decision by the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a federal judge’s July ruling that ordered the Redwood City company to keep its free service offline until it complies with an injunction to remove all copyrighted music.
Income taxes are the topic on “Getting Your Dough to Rise,” the monthly personal finance show that airs from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. today on Snohomish County Public Radio KSER-90.7 FM. The show, hosted by Chuck Noel, will feature Barney Bird, a taxpayer advocate for the IRS; Mike Meeks, a certified public accountant from Edmonds; and Marcia Broude, a tax preparer for H&R Block in Everett.
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