ÊBy Leslie Hoffman Finance New MexicoEmmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Lena Carr needed money to buy filmmaking equipment and to travel to Arizona to wrap up work on a video about the life of an 18-year-old Native American man a project she began when her subject was 6 years old.   Full Story

The primary way in which banks make money is through loans. But in today's economic environment, regulators are requiring banks to increase their reserves — the capital that backs loans — to support an increasing number of loans at risk of default.   Full Story