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Stacy Mitchell: Small Business Lending: Big Banks vs. Small Banks

Published - Feb 09 2010 23:10 PM

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Just before Thanksgiving last year, the U.S. Small Business Administration's flagship loan program, which provides banks with a government guarantee of up to 90 percent of the value of loans made to small businesses that fall just shy of qualifying for ... Read Full Story

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