Couple accused of embezzling $800,000 (The Spokesman-Review)
A woman and her boyfriend are accused of embezzling $814,000 from two Spokane advertising agencies and using the money for down payments on houses, luxury vehicles and airline tickets for a youth football team’s trip to California.

Small Businesses Want to Give Back Despite Economy - Advanta Re-launches KivaB4B Project to Help Small Businesses ... (Centre Daily Times)
Over 40 percent of small businesses don't give as much to charity as they would like, and 60 percent of small businesses blame the current economy for the stagnation or reduction in their charitable giving, according to a survey commissioned by Advanta in collaboration with the Chronicle of Philanthropy. In order to provide an affordable and easy way for small businesses to effectively ...

Small Businesses Want to Give Back Despite Economy - Advanta Re-launches KivaB4B Project to Help Small Businesses ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SPRING HOUSE, Pa.----Over 40 percent of small businesses don’t give as much to charity as they would like, and 60 percent of small businesses blame the current economy for the stagnation or reduction in their charitable giving, according to a survey commissioned by Advanta in collaboration with the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

AIG, GMAC Help Drive Up Bank Rates Amid ’Insanity’ for Deposits (Bloomberg)
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc. and GMAC LLC are among money-losing companies whose banking units are paying higher rates than larger rivals to lure depositors, pressuring bank profits needed to offset rising loan losses.

Advanta Declares Quarterly Dividends (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SPRING HOUSE, Pa.----Advanta Corp. today announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 17.71 cents for its Class A Common Stock and 21.25 cents for its Class B Common Stock.