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No-holds-barred Grudge Match & Backyard BBQ To Benefit The Swedish School of Los Angeles and The Sweden House LOS ANGELES, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Swedish School of Los Angeles - a non-profit 501 C3 organization offering a cultural program for children - is proud to announce THE K-SWISS GLOBAL TENNIS SHOWDOWN, a charity tennis event, taking place on Saturday, May 2nd from 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm at The Los Angeles Tennis Center, on campus at UCLA in Westwood.
The Swedish government said Tuesday it added $6 billion to its bank rescue package to help spur lending. Getting the credit markets working again is essential to avoid a worsening of the economic downturn, said Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg and Financial Markets Minister Mats Odell said in a statement. The purpose of the capital infusion program is to increase the banks' ability to provide households and companies with credit at reasonable terms, the statement said. The government said it would exchange the fresh capital for up to 70 percent of new share issues under market pricing, Tidningarnas Telegrambyr reported Tuesday. The funds also come with a hitch.
By Keich Whicker, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Apr. 6--The Macon Area Transportation Study's policy committee overlooked the protests of some Macon officials and reaffirmed Wednesday its support for a project that would widen portions of Forest Hill Road.