Subject: Subprime Lending

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  By CHRIS PACKHAM O Holy Econocalypse: There should be a horror movie called Black Friday, because obviously they chose to give the first shopping day after Thanksgiving an extremely creepy-sounding name. Which, no criticism, you guys, my new puppy's name is Li'l Princess Blood Feast, after the shocksploitation classic Blood Feast, by Herschel Gordon Lewis, and she's ADORABLE. I've heard some people insisting on the unbelievable explanation that, for many retailers, "Black Friday" is the first d

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  State legislators finally catch the scent of loan sharks.

  January 3, 2002

• Forgive Us Our Debts

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  July 19, 2001

• Just Business- or preying on the weak?

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  March 9, 2000