11.   Mercury Finance, a high-rate auto lender, went bankrupt after years of earnings overstatements were discovered.

12.   Mercury Finance Co., another auto lender, surprised stockholders earlier this week with higher-than-expected loan losses.

13.   Nissan, like other auto lenders, lets car dealers make the final decision about how much customers pay for loans.

14.   Other auto lenders also fell today after news that competitor Jayhawk Acceptance Corp. planned to file for bankruptcy.

15.   Over the past year, many sub-prime auto lenders have experienced more losses from defaulted loans than expected.

16.   Search Capital Group Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive George Evans confirmed that the Dallas-based auto lender is in talks to acquire a competitor.

17.   This year, the bank sold auto lender Fidelity Acceptance to Norwest Corp. and sold Ganis Credit Acceptance to Deutsche Financial Services.

18.   While trading in Mercury was halted, shares of other auto lenders fell.

19.   Auto lenders, including Nissan North America, let dealers decide how much customers pay for loans.