51.   Mahoney said Fleet would still make auto loans to consumers.

52.   Middle-income savers will have to pay off home equity loans, auto loans and credit cards before they can start investing again.

53.   Mercury was the first of a series of companies which make auto loans to people with bad credit to run into its own financial trouble.

54.   Michigan stocks rallied for the second day, led by wheel maker Hayes Wheels International, Inc. and Credit Acceptance Corp., which provides auto loans.

55.   Money Store Inc. said it would increase its reserves to cover delinquent auto loans and make other changes to strengthen the division.

56.   Money Store profits come from interest payments customers make on home equity, small business, students and auto loans.

57.   Norwest Auto Receivables Corp. sold its first bonds backed by auto loans in a sale managed by Lehman Brothers.

58.   One bright spot is auto loans.

59.   Once a consumer loan has been paid -- credit card interest or an auto loan, for example -- those records can be discarded.

60.   One option the bank is considering is to package its auto loans as securities and sell them to investors, Brown said.