1.   Additionally, the banks would be prohibited from giving subsidiaries discounted loans or other benefits.

2.   In addition, banks are prohibited from giving affiliates discounted loans or other benefits.

3.   It fears a public outcry should it start selling discounted loans.

4.   Moreover, Saturn has been losing money, forced to offer discounted loans and leases in a glutted global market for small cars.

5.   Recent interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve have made it prohibitively expensive for automakers to continue subsidizing deeply discounted loans.

6.   The rebates can also be coupled with discounted loans.

7.   They offer a host of goodies, from check writing privileges and free credit cards to access to cash machines, discounted loans and even frequent-flier miles.

8.   Trying to avoid raising interest rates for their discounted loans, automakers stepped up the subsidies even further, but the mounting costs crimped profit margins.

9.   Arco will provide the bulk of the financing in the form of discounted loans.

10.   The European Union Commission on Tuesday approved a Belgian government plan to provide discounted loans to farmers and food companies that suffered from the recent dioxin food crisis.