And the law prohibits loans from the Forbes family or from Forbes Inc. to his campaign.

It requires members of audit committees to be independent, restricts the consulting activities of auditors and prohibits most corporate loans to senior executives.

As another example, Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act prohibits certain loans made by companies to their directors and executive officers.

At the level of loans, there seems little real obstacle to rapid progress, so long as multimedia publishers do not prohibit loans through their conditions of sale.

The negative pledge loans are basically mortgages written for strict co-op buildings with policies that prohibit such loans.

For example, the regulations prohibit "unaffordable loans," except "under compelling circumstances."

"The new law not only prohibits loans from the company but loans arranged by the company," Mr. Oringer said.

The sanctions prohibit loans by American banks to the Indian Government, except to buy food or agricultural supplies.

For one thing, the law prohibits loans made without regard to the borrower's ability to repay and requires counseling before closing, which would probably have warned Ms. White away, he said.

We must strengthen our diplomatic actions in relation to Burma by prohibiting investment or loans to all state-owned companies, not just those already banned.