1.  Ambac also said it has no exposure to any other sub-prime auto lending company.

2.  An estimated value for these non-automotive assets can be derived from the share prices and earnings of similar businesses elsewhere, like lending companies.

3.  Among the most outspoken critics is Edward J. Gallagly, president of the Florida Central Credit Union, a Tampa-based non-profit lending company.

4.  And a new ad for Loanworks.com, an online mortgage lending company, is set to Cuban music.

5.  As a lending company, CIT depends heavily on cheap capital to succeed.

6.  Arizona legislators came perilously close to opening the state to a Georgia-based lending company with alleged ties to organized crime.

7.  -- Loan agreements with a bank, a jewelry company and a commercial lending company to purchase items for Crawford.

8.  Even though both lending companies are profitable, they are too small to compete with larger, national lenders without major investments, Bank of Boston officials have said.

9.  Finally, Tyco will spin off CIT, a lending company which it bought only last year.

10.  Hale, who was active in Democratic politics, has said that his lending company was used as a political piggy bank.