EUGENE, Ore. - The theft of laptops from auditors on a job at Oregon Community CU here has not resulted in suspicious activity on members' accounts, a credit union spokesperson said.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. - NCUA proposed a plan last week to funnel billions of dollars in low-cost funds to credit unions to help them refinance member mortgages headed for foreclosure.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Increasing loan losses forced credit unions to move billions of dollars of new funds to reserves in the third quarter and pushed the key profitability ratio, return-on-assets, down to just 0.12% for the quarter, the lowest in decades, NCUA reported this morning.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Increasing loan losses forced credit unions to move billions of dollars of new funds to reserves in the third quarter and pushed the key profitability ratio, return-on-assets, down to just 0.12% for the quarter, the lowest in decades, NCUA reported this morning.

FERNDALE, Mich. – Credit Union One said it has agreed to buy shares in Member First Mortgage LLC, the Michigan mortgage CUSO.

OGDEN, Utah – America First CU has signed with XO Communications to provide it with a private data networking system, which will connect the credit union giant’s more than 80 branches with the company’s two core data centers.

KENSINGTON, Md. – Signal Financial FCU said it has implemented Blue Coat Systems’ Blue Coat and Code Green appliances to secure the account and personal information of its more than 35,000 members.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Thanks to Service CU dozens of needy area residents will have a Thanksgiving dinner.

SALEM Ore. – Marion and Polk Schools CU said its chief operations officer Mark Zook will be promoted to CEO in January when current CEO Daniel Penn retires.

ATLANTA – Delta Community CU said yesterday state regulators approved its request to add Hall County and its 200,000 residents to its field of membership.

McLEAN, Va. – Mortgage rates fell again this week, for the third week in a row, according to Freddie Mac.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – One of three men suspected in Wednesday’s hold-up at Cavalier FCU shot himself to death after spending several hours holed up in a house on the city’s north side, surrounded by federal and city lawmen.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Already buffeted by the worst credit union crisis in decades, NCUA approved a new multi-million dollar program yesterday that will add 55 examiners and ensure that every credit union gets an on-site review annually.

CRANSTON, R.I. – Coastway CU said yesterday its Coastway Cares Charitable foundation has donated $100,000 to Kent Hospital’s campaign for a new heart center.

MISSOULA, Mont. – A year ago, city residents went to the recycling lot downtown to bring glass to be crushed into building materials for a new branch of the Missoula FCU. That effort is about to bear fruit with the crushed glass incorporated into the credit union’s new green branch.

ELIZABETHTOWN, N.Y. – Ticonderoga FCU provided a $300 donation to the local food bank, as well as a drawing for a $1,200 "Economic Stimulus Package," double the amount provided by the federal government last summer, as part of the opening of its new branch here this week.