April 30 (Bloomberg) — Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC , a United Arab Emirates-based lender that complies with Muslim banking rules, expects loan defaults to rise as a drop in real estate and share prices wipes out wealth.

Source:Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank’s Mahmoud Says Loan Defaults Will Rise (Bloomberg)

SAN FRANCISCO—-The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco announced April 30, 2009, that the 11th District Monthly Weighted Average Cost of Funds Index for March 2009 is 1.627%. The index for February 2009 was 2.003%.

Source:Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco Releases March 2009 Cost of Funds Index (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

The threat of a global H1N1 pandemic has Internet scam artists working overtime trying to cash in people desperate for new information.

Source:H1N1 flu creates epidemic of Internet scams (CTV British Columbia)