Score: New Rule Requires Lenders to Provide Credit Scores to Consumers

*Fourth graders posted the highest average score ever — five points higher on average than in 2001 and 7 points higher than in 1994. But only 21 percent performed at or above the proficient level and 2 percent performed at the advanced level.By DAVID BENOIT, MIA LAMAR and MELODIE WARNER US Bancorp, M&T Bank Corp. and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. notched solid second-quarter profit gains as the three regional lenders continued to set aside smaller reserves to cover potentially

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