The number of Utahns filing for bankruptcy protection in August fell to 1,766, compared to 1,807 during the same month in 2004, according to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah.
Filings through the first eight months of 2005 have decreased 4 percent compared with the same eight-month period a year ago.
About three-fourths of filings in August were made under Chapter 7, a provision that erases unsecured debts and liquidates assets.
Consumer confidence
A better hiring outlook and lower gas prices pushed a measure of U.S. consumer confidence to its highest level in four and a half years.
5th iPhone app
Clayton Ward, a 10th-grader from West Jordan,has created five apps for the Apple operating systems.
poorer people charitable
A 2009 study showed the poor give a higher percentage of their income to charity than rich people.
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