The Times

• Widow's Failed Brokerage Account Causes Finger Pointing

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  January 26, 2011

  The $21 billion State Employees' Credit Union is in the middle of a legal quandary involving a widow who opened up a failed brokerage account with a defunct, credit union-formed broker-dealer and investment firm.

• North Carolina's SECU Responds to Brokerage Account Complaint

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  January 18, 2011

  A case involving a widow who opened up a brokerage account with the defunct, CU-formed XCU Capital LLC, its shell later bought by State Employees' Credit Union, is in the middle of a regulator and legal quagmire.

• Goldman Sachs Plants $450 Million Stake in Facebook

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  January 3, 2011

  The parent company of a significant CU investment partner has made a large investment in a social media giant.

• Credit Unions May Face a Taxing Dilemma

  By Claude R. Marx  |  October 20, 2010

  As the nation's budget deficit continues to grow, the government may be looking for new sources of revenue. Therefore, formerly sacred cows such as credit unions' tax-exempt status may go the way of VCRs and rotary phones.