1.   Also, government regulations are requiring banks to try harder to lend to minority customers.

2.   Avis Rent A Car Inc. is being sued by the Pennsylvania Attorney General, who claims that the car-rental chain discriminated against minority customers.

3.   Cleaver described the meeting as cordial but said he made little headway on the issue of how the company treats its minority customers.

4.   Fleet Financial Group Inc. settled a U.S. Justice Department investigation of claims the bank charged some minority customers more for mortgages than whites.

5.   Fleet officials contend they are committed to minority customers and employees.

6.   Glendale Federal Bank issued a bitter denial of allegations of poor service to low-income areas and minority customers, saying it is committed to equal credit opportunity and nondiscrimination.

7.   In North Carolina last year, three black women alleged that minority customers were routinely denied cars at five Avis franchises in North Carolina and South Carolina.

8.   Since then, Jackson has been threatening a boycott of Toyota, insisting that the company has had a poor record with minority customers in Chicago and Detroit.

9.   Since then, Jackson has been threatening a boycott, insisting that the company has had a poor record with minority customers in Chicago and Detroit.

10.   The added money is needed because tobacco advertising for years targeted minority customers, resulting in a disproportionate rise in tobacco-related health problems for minorities.