SAN DIEGO - (12/21/05) -- Linda Baugham, president of USE CU,has taken her popular radio show on financial literacy worldwide.'Money Matters With Linda B,' which debuted on local radio stationKOGO AM 600 last summer, is now available to anyone with Internetaccess on Thursday's mornings at 8 am west coast time atwww.wsradio.com. Baugham's show discusses critical financial issueslike surviving divorce or women and retirement, while the creditunion CEO fields call-in questions from listeners or ofteninterviews authors of popular financial books, including Dr. LoisFrankel, who wrote 'Nice Girls Don't Get Rich,' or MichelleSingletary, author of 'The Seven Money Mantras For A Richer Life'.Financial literacy programs such as Baugham's show have become oneof the chief focuses of USE CU, according to Lori Klasch, spokesmanfor the $800 million credit union. "We're hanging our hat onfinancial literacy. That's our brand identity," she sold The CreditUnion Journal.
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