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Troubled Iowa Meatpacker Defaulted on Loan, Bank Says

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Nov. 1, 2008
A federal judge has appointed a temporary receiver for Agriprocessors Inc. after a bank said that the company had defaulted on a $35 million loan.
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler