| Dec 5, 2011 10:17AM "Rob - my rep just wrote her clients an e-mail regarding gifts for this holiday season. Instead of contributing to the trade imbalance and sending out some trinket that no one wants, she will either make a contribution to a veteran's organization or will sponsor, and participate with, her clients in doing work for Habitat for Humanity . Digging a foundation or hammering nails instead of supporting a foreign manufacturer is a great way to build a relationship. I think that your readers might find... Dec 5, 2011 3:00PM Commercial real estate loans were the principal cause of the five bank failures reported in November according to Trepp's November 2011 U.S. Bank Failure Report. These loans comprised 80.8 percent of the $160 million in non-performing loans that caused the bank failures in Georgia, Louisiana, Iowa, Nebraska, and Utah. The majority of the commercial real estate loans (64.4 percent of the total) were land and construction loans, the remaining 16.5 percent were commercial mortgages. Delinquent residential...
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