According to the National Center for Education Statistics, while the access students have to college has increased over the last three dates, the rates of completion have not changed. For students that start at a four-year college or university,

Consumers began opening their wallets a bit more in August, following several months of mostly sluggish sales figures.

Mobile banking is now available to the 65,000 members of Workers' Credit Union (www.wcu.com) of Fitchburg, Mass.

Nevada's top credit union regulator, George Burns disclosed that his office has issued "letters of understanding and informal cease and desist orders" to unidentified credit unions to bring them into balance sheet compliance.