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Former Iowa Division of Credit Unions Superintendent Betty Minor passed away from lung cancer earlier this month; she was 76.

The Small Business Administration is asking for comment on its Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2008 through 2012, which was released on Friday.

The role of credit union partnerships in community development as well as financial services received the attention of an unusual audience on Aug. 24 in Detroit when Clifford Rosenthal, executive director of the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions addressed a national conference sponsored by the U.S. Justice Department.

<em>The Coloradoan</em> newspaper here has run eight stories in less than a week on the July conservatorship of Nortlarco Credit Union and the risk it took by investing in Florida real state.

WASHINGTON--CUNA wrote in opposition to NCUA's proposal adding a conflict of interest provision to the eligible obligations rule for the simple fact that the agency does not explain why the rule is necessary.

Ted Stearns, the owner of Tradeline Solutions, a company which facilitates the of the use of "authorized users" to strong credit lines as a means of helping consumers boost their credit scores, defends his company's line of work as benefiting both consumers and credit unions.