Peter Garrett has ordered an external audit of the government’s embattled Green Loans scheme after months of allegations of mismanagement and selective treatment. Excerpt from: Auditors move in on Green Loans (The Age)

The federal government’s Green Loans scheme was in further crisis last night over allegations of preferential treatment, failure to set minimum training standards and late payments. More: Green Loans predicament deepens (The Age)

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — Non-performing loans in the United Arab Emirates probably will increase to about 6.4 percent of all credit, from 4.4 percent in 2009, said Saeed Abdullah al-Hamiz, senior executive director of the banking supervision department at the central bank. Visit link: U.A.E. Central Bank Sees Bad Loans Increasing to 6.4% This Year (Bloomberg)

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — Non-performing loans in the United Arab Emirates will probably increase to about 6.4 percent of all credit, from 4.4 percent in 2009, a senior central bank official said today. Read more from the original source: U.A.E. Central Bank Sees Bad Loans Increasing to 6.4% (Update1) (Bloomberg)

Filipino American community organizer Al Perez was appointed by Mayor Gavin Newsom as the newest member of the San Francisco Entertainment Commission. Related posts: New York Times awards Fil-Am teachers Two Filipino-American teachers have been honored as The New York… Perez is 1st Pinoy on WWF International board The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) elected former Energy Secretary Vincent … See...

Entertainment is universal, and the entertainment universe just expanded with a big bang. Welcome to Planet 46.This new entertainment portal, which launches today at Planet46.com, delivers the richest entertainment story of the day — period. The idea, according to The Oklahoman’s Features Editor Matthew Price, was to harness the talents of The Oklahoman’s entertainment staff to deliver stories...