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MCLEAN, Va. -- Freddie Mac will hold its June 6, annual stockholders' meeting via Webcast, which is available live, in listen-only mode, on Freddie Mac's Investor Relations Web page, www.FreddieMac.com/investors.

PHOENIX -- Arizona State Credit Union here received multiple awards for the second consecutive year, including highest honors for a "shoestring budget" campaign using unique branch merchandising.

WASHINGTON -- NAFCU will highlight its accomplishments and those of the credit union industry when it dedicates a room at America's Credit Museum in Manchester, N.H. on Wednesday.

SEATTLE -- Jeffry Pilcher, creative director and strategist at Weber Marketing Group the last eight years and who has played a role in some of the biggest credit union rebranding campaigns, is going out on his own this month to form an on-line branding firm, publication and blog.

WASHINGTON -- Responding to feedback on a Securities and Exchange Commission proposal involving protecting the privacy of a consumer's financial information, Desert Schools Financial Services cited its own pending lawsuit against a former financial adviser.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- In a sharp setback for payday lenders, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that Advance America, the nation's largest payday lender, violated the state's Consumer Discount Company Act subjecting the firm to return of consumer funds.