On a party-line vote, the House today passed a bill aimed at stimulating lending to small businesses, following a Senate vote last week.

For the second time this week, a national statistic has suggested that the real estate market might be stabilizing further.

The industry-funded and nationally syndicated Biz Kid$ program received its biggest shot in the arm this week--a $700,000 pledge from an Invest in America unit of the Michigan Credit Union League.

It's been nearly eight months now since plans for the nation's biggest credit union merger, the $4.6 billion consolidation of First Tech CU and Addison Avenue FCU, was unveiled--and there is still no word on any regulatory approval.