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(Portfolio.com) — Minority-owned businesses have a more difficult time getting loans than other businesses do, and the financial crisis has made this problem worse.

That’s the message the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee heard at a recent hearing. Narrowing this credit gap would help the nation’s 4 million minority-owned businesses create thousands of new jobs, witnesses said.

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