This week,CIT,a lender to small and medium sized businesses, sought bankruptcy protection from its creditors so it can reorganize.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

Gas shale exploration is being done mainly by small to medium sized companies.

VOA: special.2009.10.23

Medium and small banks also face a growing risk.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

"So there may actually be a worsening of credit availability to small and medium sized business in the next year or so,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

They joined 300 representatives of small and medium-sized Kyrgyz businesses who appealed to interim Finance Minister Temir Sariyev for protection against lawlessness.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

The several hundred animals housed in each medium-sized CAFO produce as much waste as a small city of tens of thousands of people.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

We have taken extraordinary steps to guarantee bank deposits, support small and medium enterprises and provide additional capital to the banking sector if required,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

"Over and over we hear from small and medium-size businesses that they can not get the financial assistance, they can't get the technical support that would grow their business.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Grybauskaite has said she wants to help formulate a policy that will stabilise public finances, stimulate exports, absorb EU aid faster and provide tax breaks for small and medium-sized businesses.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

"So I urged these institutions here today to go back and take a third and fourth look about how they are operating when it comes to small business and medium sized business lending,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.20