Whistler municipal leaders claim it is “business as usual” at the alpine Olympic venue as news of a pending auction of the resort to help pay creditors hit the headlines again Thursday. View original post here: Business as usual, but concerns over sale of Whistler (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Teaser home loans carry attractive interest rates and discount offers during the initial phase of the loan. After a specified time period, they relapse back to the then prevailing interest rates. Visit link: Teaser home loans: Here today, gone tomorrow! (rediff.com)

The Federal Reserve decided Thursday to boost the rate banks pay for emergency loans. The action is part of a broader move to pull back the extraordinary aid it provided to fight the worst financial and economic crisis since the 1930s. More: Fed bumps up interest rate for bank emergency loans (Tacoma News Tribune)

FINANCIAL institutions in Singapore have remained prudent in giving out housing loans. Currently, less than 10 per cent of housing loans are granted at over the 80 per cent limit, ‘although there are signs that more housing loans are originating at higher loan-to-value bands’, said a government statement on Friday. See the article here: Less than 10% loans over limit (Straits Times)

KUALA LUMPUR: WiMax player Asiaspace Sdn Bhd targets 60,000 subscribers for its its amaxAV mobile entertainment service which is slated to be launched late this year, said executive director Datuk Ism… Originally posted here: Asiaspace eyes 60,000 subscribers for mobile entertainment service (MalaysiaNews.net)

KAMPAR, Feb 19 (Bernama) — An entertainment centre which only obtained its licence to operate 18 days ago was found operating illegal gambling activities when police raided the premises Thursday. Link: Raid At Entertainment Centre, 65 Gambling Machines Seized :: Bernama.com (Bernama)