source: Reuters.com, by James B. Kelleher Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:04am EDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Defaults by small and medium-sized U.S. businesses on the loans, leases and lines of credit they use to finance capital equipment investment rose in September as lenders remained reluctant to extend fresh …

source for article: The New York Times, October 13, 2009 by Peter S. Goodman Many small and midsize American businesses are still struggling to secure bank loans, impeding their expansion plans and constraining overall economic growth, even as the country tentatively rises from its recessionary …