On my recent Origins playthrough, I threatened Lloyd and became his partner. You share in the profits with Lloyd, which doesn't net you any gold but lets you take everything in his shop for free. Granted, there isn't much of value that he sells. Later on, I talked with Bella and gave her the tavern (Bella is in charge, says Lloyd in the game). Curiously, even after giving Bella the tavern I could take stuff for "free" from the tavern shop. This could be a bug. Overall, it doesn't affect anything else, but it is funny to hear Lloyd call you "partner" and suck up to you. Then, I turned around and gave Bella the tavern just to screw with Lloyd. I figured making him squirm and work for Bella was better punishment than making him fight the darkspawn and die.