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(ARLINGTON, Texas)First Cash Financial Services Inc. said late Tuesday that it plans to shutter its auto lending operations and focus on its core pawn and consumer lending operations in the U.S. and...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Shares in several pawn shop operators fell Monday after an analyst estimated that at least two would see profits crimped by Hurricane Ike. Sterne Agee analyst Henry Coffey Jr. said...READ MORE

Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, July 22, from AP Financial News: MINNEAPOLIS (AP)--Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. said Tuesday its second-quarter earnings dropped almost 40 ...READ MORE

Among the earnings projection stories for Tuesday, July 22, from AP Financial News: OAKDALE, Minn. (AP)--Removable data storage manufacturer Imation Corp. said Tuesday it expects l...READ MORE

(ARLINGTON, Texas)Pawnshop operator and payday lender First Cash Financial Services Inc. on Tuesday maintained 2008 profit guidance above Wall Street's estimates. The company still expects earnings ...READ MORE

(ARLINGTON, Texas)First Cash Financial Services Inc. said Tuesday its profit slipped 25 percent in the second quarter, narrowly beating analysts' estimates, as challenges in the pawnshop operator's ...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Cash-strapped consumers desperate for deals are increasingly turning to pawn shops and payday lenders instead of the local mall and neighborhood bank.READ MORE