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BEAUMONT, Texas -- For scores of hurricane-battered Louisiana and Texas credit unions, backup generators turned into key life savers Monday and in a city of 100,000 like this without power a generator was indeed a business luxury.

ROSEVILLE, Calif. -- After a conversation today with a concerned credit union CEO on what he should be doing with his broker in the midst of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy filing and Merrill Lynch acquisition, one noted industry expert emphasized "this is not Enron."

WASHINGTON -- Denial rates for home borrowers based on race widened significantly from 2006 to 2007, according to Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Dodd's office examined Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data recently released by the Federal Reserve.

WASHINGTON -- Denial rates for home borrowers based on race widened significantly from 2006 to 2007, according to Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Dodd's office examined Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data recently released by the Federal Reserve.

WASHINGTON -- While the issue positions of presidential candidates are important, voters often make their choice based on emotional considerations, NBC News Chief White House Correspondent said in today's keynote address at NAFCU's Congressional Caucus.

MADISON, Wis. -- In a Hurricane Ike update Monday, CUNA Mutual Group said its on-site catastrophe adjusters continue to have difficulty contacting policyholders because of ongoing search and rescue operations and evacuation orders barring residents returning to their homes.