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Small business loans at 10-year low

New federal data show that the number of small bank loans to business has fallen to the lowest point in more than a decade, cutting the flow of money to a sector that’s usually a job-creation powerhouse. “It’s usually the smaller business that is more able to bounce back and take advantage of different opportunities …

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Mortgage-backed securities losses costing nation’s credit unions

Correction: In a previous version, the story incorrectly said the cost of credit union failures was $1.3 billion in the first three quarters of this year. That amount has been amassed since Jan. 1, 2009. The Workshop regrets the error. Two years after the height of the financial crisis, the American economic landscape still somewhat …

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