The Salina Education Foundation is accepting applications for its Loan Initiative for Future Teachers (LIFT) program. This program provides college loans of up to $5,000 to Saline County residents who want to become teachers. The loans can be forgiven when graduates teach in Saline County schools. Go here to read the rest: Applicants sought for college loans (Salina Journal)

LONDON: Britain’s financial regulator plans to force mortgage lenders to check the income of all borrowers, scrapping so-called “liar loans” blamed for helping to fuel bad debt problems at the heart of the credit crunch. Here is the original post: Britain to ban ‘liar loans’ in mortgage overhaul (Business Times (Malaysia))

LONDON: Britain’s financial regulator plans to force mortgage lenders to check the income of all borrowers, scrapping so-called “liar loans” blamed for helping to fuel bad debt problems at the heart of the credit crunch. Read more here: Britain to ban ‘liar loans’ in mortgage overhaul (Business Times (Malaysia))

DUBAI: Top Dubai officials have been in talks with creditors in London on the possible repayment of all the banking debt owed by the troubled subsidiaries of the Dubai World group, a newspaper said yesterday. “The possibility of repaying all bank loans in full was discussed as a medium-term possibility” in the talks held between the delegation and financial leaders in London, The National...

DUBAI: Top Dubai officials have been in talks with creditors in London on the possible repayment of all the banking debt owed by the troubled subsidiaries of the Dubai World group, a newspaper said yesterday. “The possibility of repaying all bank loans in full was discussed as a medium-term possibility” in the talks held between the delegation and financial leaders in London, The National...

Kumasi, Dec. 20, GNA – Financial institutions have been urged to reduce the high interest rates on the loans they gave to traders and businessmen. Follow this link: Financial institutions urged to reduce high interest rates on loans (Ghanaweb.com)