President Roosevelt's Government began lending them money to buy feed and when none was available ended up buying the cattle.

Then, a few years ago, as Halla's debt multiplied, Hyundai began lending several hundred million dollars to its "brother company."

Nova Scotia began lending directly to students, reducing the interest rate by two percentage points.

As Gotham Golf, which accounted for 20 percent of the fund's assets, sank deeper into trouble they began lending it money.

Last month, the center began showing and lending 35 videos of a gentler nature as part of a project called Video Therapy.

In the 1980's, the banks changed their minds and entered the home mortgage business, and the jusen began lending heavily to real estate developers.

Among other steps, Mr. Nemtsov's administration began lending small businesses money to buy new equipment and cars.

Many of those banks also began lending energy companies hundreds of billions of dollars in the late 1990's to finance huge infrastructure projects.

Searching for new business, the jusen began lending heavily to real estate developers.

Last year, Georgia College & State University began lending the devices to students for use in several humanities courses.