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<title><![CDATA[Financing small business: a key to economic recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Access to finance remains a key challenge for small and medium-sized enterprises and a stumbling block to recovery in most countries, according to a new OECD report. 

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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Credit crunch squeezing entrepreneurs and small businesses more than big firms ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) requesting loans between 2007 and 2010 faced higher interest rates than for large companies. Loan conditions for SMEs included shortened maturities and increased demands for collateral, suggesting that banks considered smaller firms to be a higher risk.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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