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Sunday, February 03, 2008

• Business Calendar
To submit items: Send Sunday business calendar events to The Oregonian Business News Department no later than 17 days prior to the event. Fax: 503-294-4079; e-mail: money@news.oregonian.com. Only events sponsored by nonprofit organizations will be printed. Include sponsor's name, date, time, address, topic, speaker, fee and contact/registration information. Events must be held in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas and Clark counties and will be printed on a space-available basis, with those that appeal to the widest audience getting the first consideration.

• Co-trustee can be neutral watchdog in estate matters
My older sister was named successor trustee of our parents' living trust. As I understand it, that makes her role similar to the executor of a will. My sister and I do not get along, and she has stated a wish to punish me for a difference in lifestyle choices. (My family is fundamentalist Christian, and I left the church.)

• Fed's moves could create opportunity to refinance
It's a confusing, turbulent time in the mortgage business.

• Money notes
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• Smith's bill to assist in refinancing gains steam
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., wants to make it easier for homeowners to refinance their subprime mortgages and avoid foreclosures.