31.   How about because of the increased numbers of women being granted small business loans?

32.   Hundreds of families have been given emergency assistance, including new homes, wells, latrines and small business loans.

33.   If securities could be made out of mortgages, why not car loans, credit-card receivables, business loans or bad debts?

34.   In light of these estimates, the Fed warned banks on Tuesday against lowering their lending standards on business loans.

35.   In recent weeks, the rates on business loans, home mortgages and consumer loans have been drifting lower, leaving millions of Americans in better financial condition.

36.   In Qinghai Province, the government has added a carrot to the stick, offering smaller families special low-interest business loans.

37.   In the tape, Clinton denied allegations that he pressured an Arkansas businessman to make an illegal small business loan to Susan McDougal.

38.   Interest on home mortgages and home-equity loans is generally deductible, as is interest on business loans and investment interest.

39.   Investors are not the only ones who will benefit from the pooling of small business loans into public bonds.

40.   Its portfolio of business loans will help Washington Mutual in its drive to reduce its balance-sheet dependence on residential mortgages.