U.S. Rep. Peter Welch will be meeting with business leaders in central Vermont in his fourth and final business round-table. View original post here: Rep. Welch to meet with Vermont business leaders (Boston Globe)

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has approved $655 million worth of official development assistance loans from multilateral institutions in support of fiscal consolidation and social welfare projects, official documents show. See original here: BSP OKs $655M in soft loans (Malaya)

The non-performing loans (NPL) ratio of the country’s small banks stayed low in the third quarter of last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said at the weekend. See the rest here: Small banks’ bad loans ratio inches up as core lending contracts (Malaya)

MANILA, Feb 7 (Reuters) – The Philippine central bank has approved $655 million worth of official development assistance loans from multilateral institutions in support of fiscal consolidation and social welfare projects, official documents show. More here: Manila c.bank approves $655 mln in soft loans (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

100 million people are expected to watch the Super Bowl and its commercials. Continued here: WATCH: Bowl Ads: Big Entertainment (ABC News)

DUBAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Dubai Islamic Bank has signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates’ ministry of finance, which grants the lender capital to provide sharia-compliant products. Read the original: Dubai Islamic Bank in funds deal with UAE ministry (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)