EBS to be discontinued from 30 June Microsoft is to discontinue development of Windows Essential Business Server (EBS) according to a company blog. Read more from the original source: Microsoft to kill business server package (TechWorld)

BEIJING, March 6 (Reuters) – Chinese banks are taking risks by lending against the collateral of land as land prices might fall, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said on Saturday. Some economists have voiced growing concern lately about a surge of credit to local governments, which typically pledge land as backing for the loans. Land prices soared last year, partly due to the central bank’s...

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON | Consumer borrowing broke a record stretch of declines with a small increase in January as a boost in auto loans offset continued weakness in credit card borrowing. The small gain, the first in nearly a year, could be a signal that Americans are regaining confidence in the economy. Continue reading here: Auto Loans Lead Rise in Borrowing (The...

Consumers looking to finance a car, buy a house or expand a small business won’t see loan requirements get any easier in 2010, but bankers insist that they are willing to lend to those that can prove their ability to repay loans. Continued here: Loans available, but not easy to get (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)

Mumbai Mar 5 : DQE, the animation, gaming and live action entertainment production and distribution company today announced that it has raised Rs 22.54 crore from anchor invetors prior to its public issue of 16,048,011 equity shares of Rs 10 each through 100 per cent book building process opening on March 8. See the original post: Achor investors plough in Rs 22.54 cr in DQ entertainment (New Kerala)

Photo: Doug Larson To the delight of their students, Ottawa Shepherd Middle School faculty and staff bust out a variety of random dances — including a chorus line-type kick dance — after being dragged to the front by students during a Friday assembly with the Chicago troupe Bizar Entertainment. Link: Not so ‘Bizar Entertainment’ (The Ottawa Times)