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Small businesses hurt by floods to get federal loansAkron Beacon Journal, OH -1 hour agoAP. CLEVELAND – Federal disaster loans of up to $1.5 million will be made available to small businesses in 33 Ohio counties affected by the loss of crops from …Small businesses hurt by floods to get federal loansWANEall 2 news articles
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Small businesses hurt by floods to get federal loansWANE, IN -36 minutes agoCLEVELAND Federal disaster loans are being made available to small businesses in 33 Ohio counties affected by the loss of crops from heavy rains and flooding …Small businesses hurt by floods to get federal loansAkron Beacon Journalall 2 news articles
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Mandiri to sell $1.6 billion in bad loansInternational Herald Tribune, France -1 hour agoJAKARTA: Bank Mandiri, the largest lender in Indonesia, plans to auction off by 2008 about 15 trillion rupiah, or $1.6 billion, of bad loans owed by small …
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State's banks to get mortgage guidelinesSioux Falls Argus Leader, SD -44 minutes ago… South Dakota's state banking division this week adopted guidelines on nontraditional mortgages sold by mortgage lenders licensed by the state. …State announces banking guidelinesThe Capital Journalall 2 news articles
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Committee proposes $18M cut in loans for centennial projectsYoungstown Vindicator, OH -1 hour agoBy LINDA M. LINONIS. YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University trustees' finance and facilities committee now proposes borrowing …
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Mortgage Bonds Buffeted by Loan Delinquencies, Housing SlumpBloomberg -1 hour ago… of the $160 billion in sub-prime loans made this year through July have payments that are more than two months late, the highest ever for mortgages in their …100% Real Estate Investor Financing Now Available with No Income …PR Web (press release)all 3 news articles
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Credit still rising, up €6.3bn last monthUnison.ie (subscription), Ireland -32 minutes ago… last month by €134m. Term loans increased by €3bn, while short-term loans of up to one year in duration increased by €893m. …
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Credit still rising, up €6.3bn last monthIrish Independent, Ireland -11 minutes ago… last month by €134m. Term loans increased by €3bn, while short-term loans of up to one year in duration increased by €893m. …
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Fitch upgrades Taiwan Cooperative Bank; affirms Land Bank of …The Asian Banker (subscription), Singapore -2 hours ago… TCB expects to sell further non-performing loans before end-2006. … LBT's Long-term and Short-term ratings are based on expected strong government support …
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Efforts renewed to control excessive cost of payday loansUSA Today -2 hours agoWASHINGTON — One of the nation's top banking regulators Thursday announced new efforts to develop alternatives to payday loans and other high-cost products …US FDIC chief aims to fix banking inequalitiesReutersTough competition, thrifty customers citedMilwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription)all 3 news articles
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