91.   Merrill Lynch can then use the savings deposits to make home loans and business loans to more customers, the company said.

92.   Many home equity loans and small business loans are tied to changes in the prime rate.

93.   Mejia had projects all over the state, from small business loans in one village, to laying a water line to another.

94.   Mrs. Ocloo is pressing the summit to expand small business loans that can help pull up her peers.

95.   Other aid will come from government payments to help farmers pay the interest on outstanding business loans.

96.   President Franklin Roosevelt signed the original bill, which gave veterans housing assistance, business loans and a paid college education.

97.   Savings and loans, also known as thrifts, make personal and mortgage loans while commercial banks also make business loans.

98.   Some critics said the soaring interest rates, which make paying off small business loans, credit cards and mortgages much more costly, will devastate many.

99.   The couple have formed a nonprofit organization with the author of their book, Jean Sasson, to help elevate oppressed women through education and business start-up loans.

100.   The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity is helping him secure a small business loan.