Exposure to ABC Learning $4.4m: Austock (The West Australian)
Austock Group Ltd says its credit exposure to the financially troubled ABC Learning Centres Ltd is about $4.4 million. The company said that about $3.2 million relates to unpaid fees for advice by Austock Corporate Finance Pty Ltd in relation to the sale of ABC's US business in June this year.

Weathering the storm (The Logan Herald Journal)
One Utah State University professor believes the current economic times are nothing like the Great Depression, but he is still giving the people of Cache Valley some personal finance advice on weathering the crisis.

Bus tour offers free financial advice (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
It is never too late to prepare for a secure financial future, even amid a global financial crisis. That's the message that will be delivered in Richmond on Thursday at a financial-education event open to the public. The Your Money Bus Tour features investment advisers who will offer free financial advice to consumers. The tour is hitting about 60 cities nationwide, and Richmond is the 12th stop.

Financial Forum: Loans will require more work in future (Fort Worth Business Press)
For banking and finance officials at the Fort Worth Business Press /TCU Financial Forum, loan availability, government bailouts and toxic investments came out as the event’s top issues.

The Road to Financial Ruin: We Have to Spend Money Now (GoldSeek.com)
When just about all economists agree, should we rejoice or be scared? During the Weimar Republic, economists at the Reichsbank argued that printing money to finance a war was "exogenous" to the economy and thus not inflationary. Hyperinflation in the ensuing years proved them wrong.