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SAN FRANCISCO -- The $8 million Mission San Francisco Federal Credit Union drew more than 100 people, including local dignitaries and officials, to the grand opening of its new retail branch.

BEAVERTON, Ore. -- The financial turmoil shows the country needs credit unions "more than ever", U. S. Sen. Ron Wyden, (D-Ore.) told Oregon CU leaders here.

BEAVERTON, Ore. -- The financial turmoil shows the country needs credit unions "more than ever", U. S. Sen. Ron Wyden, (D-Ore.) told Oregon CU leaders here.

MADISON, Wis. -- Measures by the governments to get national and worldwide financial systems back on track coupled with the stock market flip flops may lead to an increase in short term selling.

FARMERS BRANCH, Texas -- The destruction from Hurricane Ike and the ability of credit unions to overcome tragedy and aid one another presented extraordinary "significance and meaning" to International Credit Union Day, the president/CEO of the Texas Credit Union League, Dick Ensweiler, declared in an e-mailed message to league members.

WASHINGTON -- Housing starts fell 6.3% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 786,000, the lowest level since 1991, the Commerce Department reported today.