Families should be cautious about paying companies to help find college loans or fill out loan applications, according to state Rep. Frank Farry, R-142, and the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. View original post here: Caution urged in paying firms to land college loans (Bucks County Courier Times)

PARIS — Iceland is seeking the help of the United States to ensure that Britain and the Netherlands do not use a dispute over aid to depositors of its collapsed banks to hold up international loans, Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir said Monday in Parliament. Read the rest here: Iceland Asks U.S. to Help Ensure International Loans (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam is set to launch a document allowing commercial banks to apply negotiation-based lending interest rates for medium and long term loans instead of the basic interest rate scheme. See original here: Negotiation-based interest rates to be applied to medium and long term loans (Vietnam Net)

EMBATTLED Environment Minister Peter Garrett is under attack on a different front – his axing of a major election promise to provide cheap loans to green up homes. Read the original post: Garrett attacked for axing green loans (The Courier Mail)

Embattled Environment Minister Peter Garrett is now under attack for axing a major election promise – to provide cheap loans to “green” homes. Originally posted here: Garrett attacked for axing green loans (Sydney Morning Herald)

BURBANK, Calif.—-Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group announced today the acquisition of a majority stake in Rocksteady Studios, a privately held developer of interactive entertainment targeted at teens and adults, continuing Warner Bros.’ pattern as one of the industry’s fastest growing games publishers. See original here: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group Acquires Majority Stake...