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Changes in how and why Americans make charitable donations and investments will create opportunities for the National Credit Union Foundation and its supporters, according to the departing executive director of the National Credit Union Foundation.

By a vote of 16-7, the Senate Banking Committee today voted to recommend to the full Senate that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke be confirmed for a second term.

Consumer prices increased 0.4% last month, the Labor Department reported today.

OMNI Community Credit Union, Battle Creek, Mich., has adopted a new marketing and operational twist to the year-end dividend payout.

In another sign that the economy is on the upswing, housing starts increased 8.9% in November, an improvement over the 10.6% decline in October.

Saying that while "economic activity has continued to pick up and that the deterioration in the labor market is abating," there are still several reasons to be concerned, the Federal Reserve today announced it was keeping interest rates unchanged.