NOW that AWB has offloaded its loan book to ANZ, it can focus on an even larger deal: the sale of its Geneva trading business and a majority stake in its Australian Commodities Management (ACM) division to US group Gavilon.

Chinese regulators have no idea how to control private lending.

THE Wests Group will lend Nelson Bay Diggers $500,000 working capital while amalgamation of the two clubs takes place.

MACQUARIE GROUP announced plans yesterday to quit its margin loan business as funding costs continue to escalate in the wake of the global financial market crisis.

If your education costs cannot be covered by government assistance, you may find a private loan to cover your educational costs is the only way to go.