Financial Focus
Plan For Retirement – This Week And Every Week
By Edward Jones Investments
      You might not see it on your calendar, but Oct. 18-24 is National Save for Retirement Week. This event, endorsed by Congress, is designed to promote the benefits of saving for retirement and to encourage workers to take full advantage of their employer sponsored retirement plans – so you may want to use this week as a starting point to do just that.
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This Isn’t Your Mom’s PTA, Penna. Parents Agree
By KELLIE B. GORMLY PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
      PITTSBURGH (AP) – Colleen McKerley of Mount Lebanon may not be on the payroll at nearby Jubilee Christian School of the South Hills, a few miles southwest of downtown Pittsburgh, but she says serving the school is almost a full-time job.
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Lead Poisoning Prevention Week October 18-24
      Lead poisoning is the number one environmental health threat to children in the United States, ages 6 and younger. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has declared October 18-24 Lead Poisoning Prevention Week as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to make families aware of the hazards presented by lead and lead-based paint in the home and in childcare facilities.
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How To Cut Unemployment: Tax Credit For Employers Who Hire?
A tax credit to spur hiring can help trim unemployment, say experts, but comes with a heavy price tag. The revenue loss for a 1977 scheme was $5.7 billion
By Ron Scherer CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
      The last time the U.S. gave business a tax credit to hire workers was 1977 when Congress became frustrated over the stubbornly high 6.4 percent unemployment rate. Now, with the nation’s unemployment rate nearing 10 percent, there are reports that Congress might try a revamped version of what was then called the New Jobs Tax Credit (NJTC).
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PennDOT Prepared For Winter, Motorists Urged To Plan Ahead
      PennDOT Secretary Allen D. Biehler, P.E., announced today that more than 2,200 plow trucks are ready to go when that first winter storm strikes the commonwealth.
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Can Detroit Go Green?
In the race for the best green auto technology, Detroit is a slightly late entrant. But from battery innovation to re-training workers, the Motor City is going to give green a go
By Sheena Harrison CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
      DETROIT – Just as the auto industry was ripe for change in 1903 when Henry Ford set up Ford Motor Co. in Detroit, carmakers again seem on the cusp of revolution.
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People Making A Difference: Chrissie Lam
This New York fashion designer taps the talents of her fellow artists to help the orphans of Rwanda
By Jina Moore THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
      New York When Chrissie Lam started writing down the stories of the children of Gisimba Orphanage, she thought it might help them find foreign sponsors. It was August 2008, her first day in Rwanda, and she didn’t yet realize that those stories would so eerily echo the stories of other Rwandan children – those who didn’t survive.
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