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A student loan provider under the wing of the education ministry plans to report delinquent borrowers to a bureau that logs consumer credit histories, a move that may make it difficult for them to access bank loans or use credit cards, sources said Friday. To stem the growing number of overdue payments, the Japan Student Services Organization plans by year’s end to join the bureau, which counts …

Pressure is on G7 leaders; reports suggest new options (USA Today)
Representatives of the world’s leading economies confronted a financial shambles Friday as they gathered in Washington with panic selling in stock markets, credit frozen solid and the world teetering on the brink of recession.

Report: Credit crunch slams world auto industry; GM, Ford hard hit (EARTHtimes.org)
New York – The world automobile industry is being hard hit by the current credit crisis, it was reported Friday, with manufacturing giants Ford and General Motors (GM) singled out as facing difficulties financing their operations. According to the re…

GM, Chrysler in Merger Talks – Reports (Fox News)
General Motors and privately-held Chrysler, two of the most iconic names in American industry, are in preliminary talks about a possible merger, according to reports in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

Refiners Struggle to Get Credit Letters for Oil Trade, IEA Says (Bloomberg)
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) — Oil refiners are finding it difficult to obtain letters of credit because of the financial crisis, making it harder to buy crude and make fuels such as gasoline, the International Energy Agency said in a monthly report.

Airport officials investigate reports of identity theft (The Tennessean)
Authorities at the Nashville International Airport are investigating reports that people who have used their credit card at the airport had their information stolen.