(NEWSCHANNEL 3) – If you suffered crop damage because of cold weather last year there may be help on the horizon. The federal government is offering disaster loans. See original here: Disaster loans for crop damage (WWMT 3 Kalamazoo)

LONDON — HSBC, Britain’s biggest bank, reported earnings for last year Monday that fell short of expectations and said it had said aside more money for bad loans, sending its shares fallin… Read more from the original source: HSBC Profit Disappoints and Warns on Bad Loans (MalaysiaNews.net)

The Minneapolis office of Charlotte, N.C.-based Grandbridge Real Estate Capital announced a pair of commercial real estate loans. Grandbridge arranged $3.8 million in construction/rehab financing for a multifamily property in the Twin Cities area. Read the original here: Grandbridge announces loans (Finance and Commerce)

HANOI – Vietnam’s central bank said on Friday it had widened the scope of bank loans with negotiable interest rates to areas including production, business, service and investment for development. More here: Central bank allows more loans at negotiable rates (Vietnews Online)

Federal disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and private nonprofits in Michigan because of cold weather that hurt crops last year. Read the original here: U.S. Small Business Administration offers crop-related disaster loans in Michigan (Crain’s Detroit Business)

March 1 (Bloomberg) — HSBC Holdings Plc , Britain’s biggest bank, posted full-year net income that missed analyst estimates after costs for bad loans climbed and profit fell for units in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Originally posted here: HSBC Posts Lower-Than-Estimated 2009 Net on Europe, Bad Loans (Bloomberg)