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Two arrested in robbery outside Credit Union (The Tennessean)

Metro Police arrested Brandon White, 23, and Margaret Flowers, 40, for their involvement in today's robbery of a man outside Ascend Federal Credit Union's 2600 Elm Hill Pike branch.

Potato for a pint? British pub barters as credit crunch bites (AFP via Yahoo! News)

A pub is offering pints for potatoes, or any other home-grown produce, in a bartering initiative which is taking off as the credit crunch bites.

Credit munch: pub locals barter food for free beer (BBC News)

Locals at a village pub in Norfolk are beating the credit crunch by bartering home-grown produce for pints.

Credit crunch, carbon footprint enters dictionary (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

The terms credit crunch, carbon footprint and wardrobe malfunction have become such staples that they have won entry into the new version of The Chambers Dictionary, the publisher announced Thursday.

Think of Tax Credit as 15-Year Loan, And Rethink Whether You Need It (Washington Post)

Lots of folks have been asking me whether the much-touted first-time homebuyer tax credit is worth taking.

Kinecta Federal Credit Union Celebrates the Anniversary of Nix Check Cashing Acquisition (Centre Daily Times)

One year ago this week, Kinecta Federal Credit Union of Manhattan Beach, Calif., purchased Nix Check Cashing, of Carson, Calif., and a revolutionary business model was born.

S&P Launches National Credit Rating Scale (This Day)

Standard and Poor's Rating Services(S&P), has launched a national credit rating scale for the Federal Republic of Nigeria (BB-/Stable/B local currency; BB-/Stable/B foreign currency), in a new initiative to support the growth and transparency of the domestic bond market.

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