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      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Murray touts SBA loans, job creation to state's business brokers - SouthCoastToday.com</title>
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         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF7x0AZnltzLBi18oO9cNABiOE2aQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID%3D/20120224/NEBULLETIN/203050327/-1/NEWSMAP"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Murray touts &lt;b&gt;SBA loans&lt;/b&gt;, job creation to state&amp;#39;s business brokers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;SouthCoastToday.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;The recent New England Business Brokers Association&amp;#39;s annual meeting, held in Worcester on Feb. 1, featured Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray as speaker. At the meeting, which brought together business brokers, intermediaries, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dSySTcbetB4Jo-M"&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Seacoast Commerce Bank Announces Addition to Los Angeles SBA Production Team - MarketWatch (press release)</title>
         <link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHa-75QkvCs_gHP5TRSo2UrQBO75Q&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/seacoast-commerce-bank-announces-addition-to-los-angeles-sba-production-team-2012-02-24?reflink%3DMW_news_stmp</link>
         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHa-75QkvCs_gHP5TRSo2UrQBO75Q&amp;amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/seacoast-commerce-bank-announces-addition-to-los-angeles-sba-production-team-2012-02-24?reflink%3DMW_news_stmp"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Seacoast Commerce Bank Announces Addition to Los Angeles SBA Production Team&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;MarketWatch (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Kelvin has been a large volume producer of &lt;b&gt;SBA loans&lt;/b&gt;, specifically for the small business that wants to buy their own facility,&amp;quot; states David H. Bartram, Executive Vice President and SBA Division Manager. Seacoast Commerce Bank is a business bank &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dQziIjSfmSF6kjM"&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Arizona SBA loans take a tumble - Bizjournals.com (blog)</title>
         <link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEtDv19iSjl9B839W6ssI188HmOwA&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/blog/business/2012/02/arizona-sba-loans-take-a-tumble.html</link>
         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFbPsku1on1epaXVWmkd09sJHgo-w&amp;amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/feb/15/small-business-credit-easing?newsfeed%3Dtrue"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;The Guardian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEtDv19iSjl9B839W6ssI188HmOwA&amp;amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/blog/business/2012/02/arizona-sba-loans-take-a-tumble.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Arizona &lt;b&gt;SBA loans&lt;/b&gt; take a tumble&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bizjournals.com (blog)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Pouring over the most recent Arizona Small Business Administration lending figures, I was a little puzzled when I noticed new loans backed by the SBA have been more than halved, despite other signs the economy is improving. Total Arizona SBA-backed &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEDCwDk57G_DB2woJu2RMdaZMWTJA&amp;amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/technology-credit-union-named-preferred-lender-for-sba-guaranteed-loans-2012-02-15"&gt;Technology Credit Union Named Preferred Lender for SBA Guaranteed Loans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt; MarketWatch (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHsI3wrOdEgc45h5RJZDAbxb1AidQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.emissourian.com/more_news/business_news/article_28fc9ecb-5d84-55b8-9654-04b67fc02c42.html"&gt;Cresswell to Head New SBA Lending Departmentn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt; The Missourian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dKagiaVAJxuedrMncJuvA1WPVfD_M"&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 104 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>SBA loans tumble during agency's fiscal first quarter - Phoenix Business Journal</title>
         <link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNENDBfXLjI9-Higb7Od0JMp6KUWfA&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/print-edition/2012/02/17/sba-loans-tumble-during-agencys.html</link>
         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNENDBfXLjI9-Higb7Od0JMp6KUWfA&amp;amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/print-edition/2012/02/17/sba-loans-tumble-during-agencys.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;SBA loans&lt;/b&gt; tumble during agency&amp;#39;s fiscal first quarter&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Phoenix Business Journal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Arizona SBA-backed loans have been more than halved since many of the loan benefits offered by the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 ended. Total Arizona SBA-backed loans fell from 475 loans representing $226 million for the SBA&amp;#39;s fiscal first quarter &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dteJBCEl3zMVx2M"&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>But their value more than doubles from previous year - The Columbian</title>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>More defaults mean more money to subsidize SBA loans - Business Journal</title>
         <link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFoz-PNezZlq4Hl0c-Y98WURAXEeg&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/print-edition/2012/02/17/more-defaults-mean-more-money-to.html</link>
         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFoz-PNezZlq4Hl0c-Y98WURAXEeg&amp;amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/print-edition/2012/02/17/more-defaults-mean-more-money-to.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;More defaults mean more money to subsidize &lt;b&gt;SBA loans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Business Journal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;WASHINGTON, DC — The Small Business Administration would get a 3 percent increase in funding next year — to $949 million — under President Barack Obama&amp;#39;s budget proposal. Most of that increase would go toward subsidizing government-guaranteed loans &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=d6sSLpO81qYEnVM"&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Mathur Appointed Senior Vice President At Indus American Bank - NJ TODAY</title>
         <link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFTcWciYOeZO_cCFf3Tx0P3bHbmng&amp;url=http://njtoday.net/2012/02/01/mathur-appointed-senior-vice-president-at-indus-american-bank/</link>
         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFTcWciYOeZO_cCFf3Tx0P3bHbmng&amp;amp;url=http://njtoday.net/2012/02/01/mathur-appointed-senior-vice-president-at-indus-american-bank/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mathur Appointed Senior Vice President At Indus American Bank&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NJ TODAY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;ISELIN – Indus American Bank announced the appointment of Raj Mathur as Senior Vice President &amp;amp; Director of &lt;b&gt;SBA Loans&lt;/b&gt;. In welcoming Mathur, Jasbir Chopra, president and CEO of Indus American Bank, says “Raj has extensive experience in Commercial &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNErO22JUvLqIMnfdYHMAC3MziZ2ZA&amp;amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/raj-mathur-appointed-senior-vice-president-director-of-sba-loans-at-indus-american-bank-2012-01-31"&gt;Raj Mathur Appointed Senior Vice President &amp;amp; Director of &lt;b&gt;SBA Loans&lt;/b&gt; at Indus &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt; MarketWatch (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dPQwAcvQwtbl8dMWwnRskLYFwLf4M"&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 8 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>SBA Loan Alternative Proposed for Micro Business Owners, Working Capital ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)</title>
         <link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNE5kp9kIpUsAdKwN6lnpwGMDo6aXA&amp;url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f%3D/g/a/2012/02/13/prweb9189623.DTL</link>
         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNE5kp9kIpUsAdKwN6lnpwGMDo6aXA&amp;amp;url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f%3D/g/a/2012/02/13/prweb9189623.DTL"&gt;&lt;b&gt;SBA Loan Alternative Proposed for Micro Business Owners, Working Capital &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Francisco Chronicle (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;We really can&amp;#39;t cost effectively provide this in a reasonable manner, but we are happy to act as a conduit for guiding these people to right alternative to an &lt;b&gt;SBA loans&lt;/b&gt;,&amp;quot; said Jake Clopton, the founder of Clopton Capital. Those who are interested in an &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dB1psYJnZeOOKgM"&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>BankFive recognized for SBA lending - Providence Business News</title>
         <link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGt2Otv3Ks4kG2bZkcBUZbGmJknFg&amp;url=http://www.pbn.com/BankFive-recognized-for-SBA-lending,65521</link>
         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGt2Otv3Ks4kG2bZkcBUZbGmJknFg&amp;amp;url=http://www.pbn.com/BankFive-recognized-for-SBA-lending,65521"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;Providence Business News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGt2Otv3Ks4kG2bZkcBUZbGmJknFg&amp;amp;url=http://www.pbn.com/BankFive-recognized-for-SBA-lending,65521"&gt;&lt;b&gt;BankFive recognized for SBA lending&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Providence Business News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Last year BankFive made 26 &lt;b&gt;SBA loans&lt;/b&gt; totaling more than $4 million, putting it at the top of the list for Bristol County, and 14th statewide. BankFive&amp;#39;s loans included America&amp;#39;s Recovery Capital loans, a temporary program to help small businesses &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dwESDnIaJcC61_M"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>SBA loans dip statewide as changes expire - Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area</title>
         <link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFyeaqGDXAsFcsVfgrNeCq9StjdKg&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/print-edition/2012/02/03/sba-loans-dip-statewide-as-changes.html</link>
         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFyeaqGDXAsFcsVfgrNeCq9StjdKg&amp;amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/print-edition/2012/02/03/sba-loans-dip-statewide-as-changes.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;SBA loans&lt;/b&gt; dip statewide as changes expire&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Small businesses in North Carolina got substantially fewer federally backed loans at the close of 2011 than a year earlier. It&amp;#39;s not that their demand for credit had eased. Rather, it was a shift in the rules governing the US Small Business &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=djcKcu2VwbRAZmM"&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Lloyds Says 90% of Irish Commercial Real Estate Loans Impaired - BusinessWeek</title>
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         <title>Fitch: More Commercial Real Estate Loans Require Special Servicing - Mortgageorb</title>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>European Property Woes Grow With Loans Overhang of $779 Billion: Mortgages - Bloomberg</title>
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         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHOeIFYoJ3uLxIM3k8c0RGAoa2NMw&amp;amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-24/european-property-woes-grow-with-loans-overhang-of-779-billion-mortgages.html"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHOeIFYoJ3uLxIM3k8c0RGAoa2NMw&amp;amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-24/european-property-woes-grow-with-loans-overhang-of-779-billion-mortgages.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;European Property Woes Grow With &lt;b&gt;Loans&lt;/b&gt; Overhang of $779 Billion: Mortgages&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc sold 1.36 billion pounds ($2.14 billion) of &lt;b&gt;commercial real-estate loans&lt;/b&gt; to a Blackstone fund in December at about 29 percent less than face value, two people with knowledge of the talks said, who declined to be &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEwf1jszdJFXDUA0XNzd4tMFARF2Q&amp;amp;url=http://www.property-magazine.eu/residential-and-retail-property-represent-the-most-attractive-investment-opportunities-19932.html"&gt;Residential and retail property represent the most attractive investment &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt; Property Magazine International&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dRdcuSKcgUmmeVMiH7TRzh1h3HkvM"&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 4 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Blackstone's Jonathan Gray Joins Board as Real Estate Grows - BusinessWeek</title>
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         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGuiwUNGVBLamHLeaBbMzK7tqruwg&amp;amp;url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-24/blackstone-s-jonathan-gray-joins-board-as-real-estate-grows.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Blackstone&amp;#39;s Jonathan Gray Joins Board as &lt;b&gt;Real Estate&lt;/b&gt; Grows&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BusinessWeek&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;24 (Bloomberg) -- Jonathan Gray, head of global &lt;b&gt;real estate&lt;/b&gt; at Blackstone Group LP, will join the firm&amp;#39;s board of directors after his &lt;b&gt;business&lt;/b&gt; brought in $1 billion in profit in 2011. “Jon has been an integral part of the Blackstone fabric for the past &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dGTR-DGjYZP1rnM"&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Delinquent Property Loans at European Banks Total $1 Trillion - BusinessWeek</title>
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         <title>CRE Loan Prices Regaining Pre-Recession Values - CoStar Group</title>
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         <title>European banks eye further real estate loan sale programs - SA Commercial Prop News</title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Lending Discrimination: Black Borrowers Face Higher Hurdles, Study Shows - Huffington Post</title>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Murray touts SBA loans, job creation to state's business brokers - SouthCoastToday.com</title>
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         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF7x0AZnltzLBi18oO9cNABiOE2aQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID%3D/20120224/NEBULLETIN/203050327/-1/NEWSMAP"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Murray touts SBA &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt;, job creation to state&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;business&lt;/b&gt; brokers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;SouthCoastToday.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;At the meeting, which brought together &lt;b&gt;business&lt;/b&gt; brokers, intermediaries, attorneys, accountants, and &lt;b&gt;lenders&lt;/b&gt; in Murray&amp;#39;s home town, the lieutenant governor focused on the current administration&amp;#39;s support of the &lt;b&gt;business&lt;/b&gt; community and economic &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dSySTcbetB4Jo-M"&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <title>Business loans, gas prices, illegal immigrants - WTNH</title>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Insight: Business spending raises US bank hopes - Reuters</title>
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         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHLFTl-wbNKUKFEjLeiGYVWCUr69w&amp;amp;url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/24/us-businessloans-idUSTRE81N0N320120224"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Insight: Business spending raises US bank hopes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Reuters&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;NO BORROWING SURGE While banks large and small are certainly making more &lt;b&gt;business loans&lt;/b&gt;, they say most of the money has been borrowed to replace worn-out equipment or to refinance existing debt. Businesses generally have not been borrowing to grow, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dpq95BoboGoVDRM"&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>MerchantCashinAdvance.com Now Offers Merchant Invoice Based Cash Advances ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)</title>
         <link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFPfZS8utV9qWARHB-Ej_fTk60oxA&amp;url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f%3D/g/a/2012/02/24/prweb9181368.DTL</link>
         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFPfZS8utV9qWARHB-Ej_fTk60oxA&amp;amp;url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f%3D/g/a/2012/02/24/prweb9181368.DTL"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MerchantCashinAdvance.com Now Offers Merchant Invoice Based Cash Advances &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Francisco Chronicle (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;It&amp;#39;s no secret that merchant cash advance companies provide credit card advances - funds borrowed against projected credit card sales - is becoming more and more popular as an alternative to regular small &lt;b&gt;business loans&lt;/b&gt; says Rebecca Randells &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dDiKsgwJmX7T_8M"&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>ThinCats Bond for Business - Financial Times</title>
         <link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFHnMeSBmgh57DqhAQURs6XGUPTlw&amp;url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cade1e46-5c8f-11e1-8f1f-00144feabdc0.html</link>
         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFHnMeSBmgh57DqhAQURs6XGUPTlw&amp;amp;url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cade1e46-5c8f-11e1-8f1f-00144feabdc0.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ThinCats Bond for Business&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Financial Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Instead, fund manager Innvotec will invest in a portfolio of small &lt;b&gt;business loans&lt;/b&gt; which have been handpicked from a range of applicants, via the ThinCats.com online marketplace. This portfolio will comprise a minimum of 14 separate secured loans to &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=deB2B-Up8auXZ_M"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>US Company Earmarks Sh115 Billion for Business Loans - AllAfrica.com</title>
         <link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHTtp9IHnIjbvXLMn5tbsQZbSIH4g&amp;url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201202230155.html</link>
         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGEiSJCVB0ZJ3xTlzzFuKxOCG-haA&amp;amp;url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/629173-us-company-earmarks-sh115b-for-uganda-business-loans.html"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;New Vision&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHTtp9IHnIjbvXLMn5tbsQZbSIH4g&amp;amp;url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201202230155.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;US Company Earmarks Sh115 Billion for &lt;b&gt;Business Loans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;AllAfrica.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Ayiga Ondoga, 22 February 2012 OVER sh115.8 billion has been secured by an American company to finance the businesses of Ugandan business community as loans. Roger Morgan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steel heart International, California, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGEiSJCVB0ZJ3xTlzzFuKxOCG-haA&amp;amp;url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/629173-us-company-earmarks-sh115b-for-uganda-business-loans.html"&gt;US company earmarks sh115b for Uganda &lt;b&gt;business loans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt; New Vision&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dWV2atYGE_M6-IMnntroAVBjpJ-iM"&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 2 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Clopton Capital Now Offers Non-Recourse Business Loans Starting at $1000000 ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)</title>
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         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH_hj663grVog3XrFxPPK50cGIpzg&amp;amp;url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f%3D/g/a/2012/02/20/prweb9210230.DTL"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Clopton Capital Now Offers Non-Recourse &lt;b&gt;Business Loans&lt;/b&gt; Starting at $1000000 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Francisco Chronicle (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Clopton Capital, a business loan provider based in Chicago, IL, has just started offering &lt;b&gt;business loans&lt;/b&gt; under non-recourse terms for &lt;b&gt;business loans&lt;/b&gt; that are equal to or greater than $1000000. The firm came to this decision based on prior &lt;b&gt;business&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dcUUyna9UUIm8hM"&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <title>Small business loans boost - Cumnock Chronicle</title>
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         <description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFdyTexAja3NowsbaUkCSEtOWvXDw&amp;amp;url=http://www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/roundup/articles/2012/02/23/424224-small-business-loans-boost/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Small &lt;b&gt;business loans&lt;/b&gt; boost&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Cumnock Chronicle&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;The Scottish Government&amp;#39;s small &lt;b&gt;business loans&lt;/b&gt; scheme offers interest free loans of up to £100000 to help save energy or install renewable energy technologies. Over 100 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) have already taken loans worth £2.5 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" class="p" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dOyhw2wYqPQVwXM"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Anxiety to repay biz loans may weaken DOLE program - ABS CBN News</title>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Micro-business loans $500 to $35K from Community Credit Union - St. Louis American</title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Getting Small Business Loans - Fox Business</title>
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