First credit union to enter platform: Dow Louisiana Federal Credit Union is the first lender to join AppOne’s credit union platform, allowing the company to finance vehicle sales with independent auto dealers. AppOne says this is an important deal because getting financing for vehicle sales has been an issue in recent months. Officials with Dow Louisiana say the agreement allows it to increase its member base.
Fly the friendly skies: U.S. air carriers, led by Hawaiian Airlines, took some of the hassle out of flying last year. The airline industry had its best performance in four years in 2008, private researchers said today in their annual study of airline quality, based on government statistics. Right behind Hawaiian in the overall ratings of 17 airlines were AirTran Airways and JetBlue Airways. The legacy airlines—American, Continental, Delta and United—were clustered in the middle, while regional air carriers filled out the bottom rungs. The study found consumer complaints dipped from 1.42 per 100,000 passengers in 2007 to 1.15 in 2008.
It was a fiesta while it lasted: Acapulco Mexican Grill closed a couple of weeks ago, just before reaching its six-week anniversary. The lights were out and doors locked on the North Boulevard eatery, formerly the Grape Leaf.
