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With the central bank under attack from both sides of the aisle, it's no surprise Ben Bernanke's selection as Time Magazine's Person of the Year has been greeted with more scorn than praise. Even the Fed Chairman's admirers felt compelled to qualify their support in some way or another.

With just a wee bit of sass we mark another year passed, where has gone the time?

Thanks to the CARD Act, credit unions have brought their credit card portfolios into the forefront of their strategic priorities. This is a good thing for credit unions and their members.

You know how much your credit union has to offer. The challenge is how to educate your members and prospective members that a credit union is much more than a place to keep a savings account and get an auto loan.

'Twas the night before New Year's, two thousand and ten/ And the chair of the Fed, our pal 'Copter Ben/ Had spent the last year giving money away/ To save an economy in disarray

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To succeed, cooperatives must "cooperate," but that isn't to be misinterpreted or twisted to mean "keep your mouth shut and go with the flow." Remember that one-member, one vote thing?

In the interests of ensuring the NCUA's full accountability and transparency on this issue, First Entertainment requests full disclosure concerning the agency's handling of the corporate credit union legacy assets.

If you're thinking of upgrading your phone service to VoIP, it's the perfect time to reconsider your fax options as well. An Internet fax service will allow you to not only maintain your faxing capabilities but improve on them.

Merchants are able to accurately target offers and members experience relevant rewards in the form of hundreds and even thousands of dollars in savings on products they normally buy.