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- BUSINESS, Page 47Business NotesCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTA Megabank Lends a Hand
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- Angry small-business owners in Texas who don't get loans from
- NCNB, the giant Southern bank, sometimes say the initials stand
- for "No Cash for No Body." The gripes grew even louder last
- month, when NCNB and C&S/Sovran said they would merge to form
- the third largest U.S. bank. Critics predicted short shrift for
- the poor and struggling. But last week the new giant,
- NationsBank, promised to lend $10 billion during the next decade
- in a community-development program that will encompass nine
- states. Goals include the financing of affordable housing and
- consumer loans for workers "left on the sidelines of economic
- progress."
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