LANSING, Mich. -- The "Invest in America" program, getting a nationwide launch with both General Motors and Chryslers LLC today, is already producing a sales uptick in dealer showrooms, according to executives of the two automakers.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Feeling the brunt of 14% unemployment in economically-depressed South Carolina, credit unions starting this month will ease loan terms and implement large-scale financial education and counseling programs.

WASHINGTON - The REAL Solutions program of the National Credit Union Foundation is now a full year ahead of schedule with 30 state leagues as participants, NCUF said Friday.

LANSING, Mich. -- The "Invest in America" auto financing program continues to draw a favorable consumer response with more than one million Web site hits, league officials reported Tuesday.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Navy Federal Credit Union said it has no intention of retrenching on its branch expansion in North Carolina or in other states following the latest banker assault on large CUs "growing beyond their original purpose and common bond."

DALLAS -- Cognizant of the emphasis on asset/liability management and new ACH rules which take effect in 2009, Southwest Corporate Credit Union said this week it is expanding its training curriculum to include two Webinars on both topics.

MADISON, Wis. -- Based on communication and logistical flaws that surfaced in southeast Texas and elsewhere during Hurricane Ike, credit union managers should be preparing to ensure disaster plans are shipshape.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- After months in talks, the boards of the Florida and Alabama credit union formally endorsed a merger plan and settled on a proposed name,