Tapping into old family connections, he convinced farmers to sell their land to him on credit.
But hopes for a strong private-sector recovery are undermined by the data on credit growth.
What was driving our economy was we were spending a lot on credit cards.
When I was getting out of debt, I sold tons of Stuff previously bought on credit.
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As affordable housing projects are based on credit pricing, many deals will no longer work.
The main piece of outstanding business is the weight attached to lending on credit cards.
Delinquency rates on credit cards that were handed out in 2008 hit 7.6% 12 months later.
She spends all of her salary and then borrows on credit to spend more.
We need to reduce our dependence on credit gradually but steadily and with no excuses.
McQueen incorporated and found an Italian jobber that would produce a ready-to-wear line on credit.
Although the company's debt hasn't been downgraded, it has been placed on credit watch.
More lending to an industry that gorged on credit is only a short-term tactic at best.
To that end, the ultimate effect on credit quality may influence the decision-making process.
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Unpaid rent bills sent to some debt collectors will show up on credit reports.
Last year 1.5 million families bought on credit from Salinas--fully 61% of his sales.
We avoid ETNs because we are not comfortable taking on credit risk in our managed portfolios.
In this sense, the government is not dependent on credit markets to remain operational.
Efforts to boost food production are continuing, as are restraints on credit and speculative investment.
Banks bought protection on credit derivatives from monolines in the form of credit-default swaps.
"We're going very much on individualised pricing offering rates based on credit history, " Mr Sawyer said.
More betting on horse races takes place off course in betting shops or on credit than on course.
Americans now owe more on their student loans than they owe on credit cards.
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Banks will probably have to accept lower margins on credit cards, personal loans and mortgages.
Thanks to regulations and legislation on credit cards, banks are turning renewed attention to prepaid cards.
Accounts at least 60 days behind on credit-card payments fell to 5% from 5.8% a year earlier.
Like a shopaholic bingeing on credit cards, Zimbabwe is frantically digging itself deeper and deeper into debt.
This has, in effect, lifted any constraint on credit growth, allowing a bigger build-up of private-sector debt.
Not too long ago, we were all the Joneses buying jacuzzis and Hummers and stocks on credit.
For the time being, everything is being done on credit, but that won't last much longer either.
Overdue debts that move to collections hurt credit scores and stay on credit records for seven years.
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