11.   And with land prices continuing their six-year slide, even companies with land are finding it hard to secure loans.

12.   Both utilities have warned that they soon will run out of money because they are unable to secure additional loans from banks.

13.   Businesses in Venezuela also had trouble securing loans because of the potential high costs of any future reorganization that might involve widespread firings.

14.   But a U.S. bank helped him secure his loan a few years ago to build the place.

15.   But the banks only want to refinance the company if new loans are secured, analysts and factors said.

16.   Cantwell secured the loan using RealNetworks stock as collateral.

17.   Chung is now under arrest again, though, charged with bribing bankers and politicians to secure loans for one of his subsidiaries, Hanbo Steel.

18.   Collateral, meaning the size of the down payment and the type of property that secures the loan, is another key criterion.

19.   Cuba, a poor country, would have to either pay in cash or secure a loan from a foreign bank, probably at high interest rates.

20.   Edelman explained that they own some loans backed by machinery and livestock, unlike Farmer Mac, whose loans are all secured by land.