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• Large Lenders Dominate the Small Business Market

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  March 2, 2011

  There is more proof that lending to small businesses is starting to recover in some loan size categories even in the midst of a continued decline of activity by financial institutions.

• First Quarter GDP Not as Strong as Originally Thought

  By Claude R. Marx  |  May 27, 2010

  The nation's Gross Domestic Product increased to an annual rate of 3% during the first three months of 2010, that's less than the 3.2% original estimate, the Commerce Department reported today.

• FICO Seeks to Take Scores to New Level

  By David Morrison  |  March 17, 2010

  Fair Isaac Corp. wants the next generation of scores to not only reflect a record of how well or poorly consumers have paid their debts in the past but also to predict how they are likely to react to future economic events.

• Greenspan: Employment Woes To Continue

  By Claude R. Marx  |  March 3, 2010

  WASHINGTON -- Even when companies start hiring again, it will be some time before there is a serious dent in the unemployment rate, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told attendees of CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference.

• GDP Increases in Last Part of 2009

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 29, 2010

  In a sign that the economy may be picking up, the gross domestic product increased dramatically to an annual rate of 5.7% in the fourth quarter, according to a preliminary estimate released today by the Commerce Department.

• WOCCU Project Partners Reopen Remittance Lines into Haiti

  By Heather Anderson  |  January 29, 2010

  The Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake and damage to financial services infrastructures has created a liquidity crunch in the country, said Saul Wolf, remittance manager for IRnet.