Consolidation should go to the public: (The Chetek Alert)

So the Chetek/Weyerhaeuser consolidation task force feels that consolidation should go ahead without a referendum. They claim to have heard little opposition to the proposal.

Debt-managing agencies must register (Salem Statesman Journal)

The Legislature completed action Tuesday on a bill requiring debt-management agencies to register with the state Department of Consumer and Business Services.

EU ministers vow debt curb, broach bank supervision (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 World News)

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – EU finance ministers were set on Tuesday to renew commitments to post-recession debt reduction but without tying themselves for now to a starting date.