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January 12, 2009 Monday
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Jan 12, 2009
Hard to get loans now
By Francis Chan
MR BERNIE Utchenik remembers a time not too long ago when 'everybody was happy to talk to Botak Jones'.

The founder of the steak and burger chain was beseiged by bankers, offering him loans he says did not even need.

'But when we asked for a top-up of our term loan recently, the response was that they're not entertaining loan applications at that moment.'

Read the full report in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.

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