WASHINGTON -- Broadcasts, blogs and blast e-mails are among the ways the NCUA and the major trade associations have been getting out the word about the increased levels of share insurance.

WASHINGTON -- Whether the change involves "major surgery" as House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank promises or the political equivalent of a tummy tuck, the way the government regulates financial services probably won't be the same after Congress and the next president are finished.

NEW YORK -- The Dow Jones industrial average experienced another one-day record drop on Oct. 7, plunging 800 points, and then recovering some of that ground but closing down nearly 370 points.

SALISBURY, Md. -- More than 50 million consumers--an estimated 25% of the mortgage market--do not qualify for mortgages because they do not have traditional lines of credit such as credit cards or student loans. However, many of them pay their rent, gas, electric and phone bills on time--factors that are...