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Mr. Hancock said Wells Fargo didn't target minorities for risky loans, noting that between 2004 and 2008, the company had a 5% share of the market for non-prime loans issued to African Americans and a 6% market share for such loans made to non-Hispanic whites.
Court Hits Wells Over Mortgages Ruth Simon 2011
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We today have zero convictions, zero indictments, zero arrests of any of the elite, non-prime lenders that, through their fraud, drove this crisis.
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A combination of the words rag and horn, this term is thought to describe the animals as non-prime trophy specimens, i.e. "rags".
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The deal will "enable us to offer increased availability of ... non-prime financing," GM said.
Be a Patriot, Buy GM Al Lewis 2010
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In dismissing the suit, Judge Keene said that plaintiffs didn't prove the "existence of actionable misstatements or omissions of fact relating to Freddie Mac's exposure to non-prime mortgage loans."
Lawsuit Against Freddie, Ex-Executives Gets Dismissed Nick Timiraos 2011
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Etymology combination of the words rag and horn, this term is thought to describe the animals as non-prime trophy specimens, i.e. "rags".
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A combination of the words rag and horn, this term is thought to describe the animals as non-prime trophy specimens, i.e. "rags".
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I decided that I will go once a week to the pool to do my exercices (a drop in class is $9.10 and they have a beginner Aquasize class) or just go to the pool for no class and swim around and do the exercises myself for a fee of $5.25 prime-time or $4.21 non-prime time ($2.00 for adults on the Toonie swim days, usually Sundays).
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Etymology combination of the words rag and horn, this term is thought to describe the animals as non-prime trophy specimens, i.e. "rags".
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Crouch said that "through innovations in the mortgage finance industry, and through various financing and risk enhancing tools created for the specific purpose of extending credit to our more needy communities, credit-impaired individuals now have ample opportunity to obtain loans through this 'non-prime,' or 'sub-prime' market."
Rep. Brad Miller: Republican Amnesia on the Financial Crisis Rep. Brad Miller 2011
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