Bhubaneswar, Feb 28 : A 35-year-old farmer committed suicide in Orissa after a bank allegedly denied him a crop loan, a newspaper report said here Saturday.

Source:Farmer denied bank loan, commits suicide in Orissa (New Kerala)

Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the U.K. is planning to create a “bank for industry,” and called for “global supervision” of lenders.

Source:Brown Calls for Banking Reform, Plans Industry Lender (Update2) (Bloomberg)

In an age of media convergence, time to find a balance between the wild Web and those hungry for regulation

Source:Online and off, Cancon needs cash – and fewer rules (The Globe and Mail)

Jefferson District Judge Katie King’s lawyers say the $209,000 loan she got from her father’s bank a week before November’s election was made “in the ordinary course of business” and was not an illegal election contribution.

Source:King's lawyers defend loan from father's bank (Louisville Courier-Journal)