31.   In the past they relied a great deal on government favors such as allowing them to get into certain industries or provide them loans.

32.   It also provides auto loans and owns three shoe factories in China.

33.   It also provides commercial loans in low-income neighborhoods in Oakland, Richmond, West Berkeley, San Francisco, East Palo Alto and San Rafael.

34.   It owns three shoe factories in China, and a subsidiary named COFCO Credit provides automobile loans in Arizona and other Western states.

35.   It would focus initially on providing large-scale loans to Indian-owned businesses, though it would also invest in non-Indian companies, its members said.

36.   It will also provide loans to refinance its debts that will be converted to equity.

37.   Kim says curb lenders generally provide loans of less than a week to companies in need of immediate funds.

38.   Last year, commercial banks won several big underwriting and merger assignments, partly because of their willingness to provide loans to companies that wanted to combine.

39.   Lenders of FHA-backed mortgages, protected from default, provide loans with very low down payments.

40.   Landstar also provides loans to drivers who want to buy their own trucks or upgrade their old ones.