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WASHINGTON -- The Small Business Administration issued an interim final rule today for new lender oversight regulations in its guaranteed loan programs with the aim of greater enforcement authority and increase transparency on how risk is evaluated.

WASHINGTON - There were 573,000 first-time filings for unemployment insurance last week, a 58,000 increase from the week before, the Labor Department reported today.

GLENDALE, Calif. - A two-year, on-site study by Panda Security found that many of the computers used to send remittances back to immigrants' home countries were found to be wide open to cyberattacks, the company said.

WASHINGTON -- Concerned with reports of "predatory and exploitative" lending practices in low-income and minority communities, the Small Business Administration yesterday took to task a bank over its activities.

WASHINGTON -- Foreclosure filings were started on 259,085 in November, a 7% decline from October but a 28% increase from November 2007, according to a report released today by RealtyTrac, an online seller of foreclosed properties.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida and Alabama Credit Union Leagues moved ahead Thursday with consolidation of the two trade groups next year.