en-us Reuters UK) - The flow of lending to businesses contracted for an eighth consecutive month in September as firms continued to use funds raised on capital markets to pay down bank debt, the Bank of England said on Thursday.The central bank's "Trends in Lending" report also showed major banks...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:38 -0800 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:45:29 -0700 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:30:36 -0700 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:31:07 -0700