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D -- BANK RESEARCH REPORTS -- UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) INTENDS TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO THOMPSON BANK WATCH, INC. FOR SPECIALIZED COMPUTERIZED BANK RATING REPORTS. SEE Note 22. POC Yvonne Pierce, (202) 205-7081 CNT 8.7081.5023 AMT $30,000 DTD 061598 TO Thompson Bank Watch, Inc., 61 Broadway, Third Floor, New York, NY 10006 (0135)

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