Staff reports, The Examiner
2007-04-26 10:00:00.0
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SAN FRANCISCO -

Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman urged a group of high school students to take the time to learn about money, including the fundamentals of budgeting, banking, handling credit cards, saving and investment. The Federal Reserve released a nationwide survey last year that found high school seniors answered only 52.4 percent of questions about finance and economics correctly.

Delta Air Lines

It took almost two years and 6,000 job cuts, but the Atlanta-based carrier on Wednesday at last received the approval it sought to emerge from bankruptcy protection as an independent company. On Monday, it plans to be reborn with new shares, a restructured fleet and lower labor costs, but without the protection from creditors that the court provided.