1.   Analysts at that time noted subprime lenders were hurt by falling prices for loans, as competition among wholesale lenders increased.

2.   Analysts at the time noted subprime lenders were hurt by falling prices for loans, as competition among wholesale lenders increased.

3.   Banks, subprime lenders, and the two big mortgage players, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, have made credit available to buyers of all income levels.

4.   About two dozen so-called subprime lenders are publicly traded.

5.   Aames and other subprime lenders, which specializing in customers with past credit problems, have financed negative cash flow by selling debt and equity to investors.

6.   Critics have long described many subprime lenders as predatory, accusing them of using deceptive practices and imposing exorbitant costs that force countless victims into bankruptcy and foreclosure.

7.   Even an unscrupulous but regulated subprime lender is preferable to a loan shark, he says.

8.   First Alliance and some other subprime lenders are accused of preying upon naive and desperate people who could not borrow from conventional lenders.

9.   In addition, Aames, like other subprime lenders, has been dogged by concerns that its borrowers will default on loans at high rates.

10.   In the past year, a number of subprime lenders reported disappointing earnings and rising loan losses, related to intense competition.