WASHINGTON -- Saying it was vital to restore confidence in the financial markets and the overall economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson took their efforts to sell the $700 billion plan to buy illiquid assets from financial institutions to Capitol Hill today.

WASHINGTON -- The Small Business Administration has made it clear that it will not be forced to hire untrained and inexperienced workers to handle loan processing in the wake of Hurricane Ike.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- PSCU Financial Services, the payments CUSO serving at least 500 credit unions who process their credit and debit cards on the First Data Corp., is reaching out to credit unions in Texas that are still suffering the effects of Hurricane Ike.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A long-time employee has been named to the newly created position of senior vice president/chief operating officer of Share One Inc.