U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby said a recent FDIC statement on small-business lending could open up more loans, and at least some Alabama bankers agree. View original post here: Shelby: FDIC encourages small-business loans (Montgomery Advertiser)

GM’s Opel unit asked European governments for billions of euros (dollars) in aid on Tuesday even as it formally presented a restructuring plan that will result in some 8,300 job cuts in Europe. Opel, owned by General Motors Co., is seeking loans and loan… General Motors – Opel – Automotive industry – Chief executive officer – Frankfurt am Main Read this article: Opel...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—-Gaylord Entertainment Co. today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2009. Highlights from the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2009 include: Consolidated revenue decreased 0.5 percent to $249.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2009 from $250.6 million in the same period last year. Read more: Gaylord Entertainment...

On March 1, Corus Entertainment expands its comprehensive portfolio of women’s specialty services with the launch of W Movies, Canada’s first movie channel dedicated to women. Programmed exclusively with women in mind, W Movies will be the go-to destination for women looking for entertaining and intelligent films, seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Read the original here: Corus Entertainment...

The Hollywood Walk of Fame got its official start 50 years ago this week with a groundbreaking ceremony on Feb. 8CQ, 1960. The concept of a sidewalk entertainment museum with pink terrazzo stars rimmed in bronze to honor celebrities and even fictional characters was developed in the 1950s as a way to improve the neighborhood around Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, which was deteriorating. Follow...

Many Canadians are now feeling the call of the sunny south. But some may have trouble finding a travel companion: Emergency health insurance. Continued here: Daw: Snowbird finds insurance excluding her kidney (Toronto Star)