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  <title>Allied Capital issues $193 million in debt</title>
  <description>Allied Capital Corp., an investor and lender to middle-market businesses, said Monday it raised $193 million through the private placement of unsecured debt.</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:52:51 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Allied Capital raises $175M in stock offering</title>
  <description>Allied Capital Corp., which lends to and invests in medium-sized businesses, said Friday it has completed the sale of 9 million shares at $20.45 apiece for proceeds of $184.1 million.</description>
    <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/allied-capital-raises-175m-in-stock-offering.htm</link> 
  <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 14:19:25 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Allied Capital posts loss for 1Q on bad debt investments</title>
  <description>Allied Capital Corp. posted a loss for the first quarter on Wednesday as the fund&amp;#39;s investments in certain kinds of debt soured. Allied Capital lost $40.7 million, or 25 cents per share, in the first quarter. In the first quarter last year, Allied Capital earned $133.1 million, or 87 cents per share.</description>
    <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/allied-capital-posts-loss-for-1q-on-bad-debt-investments.htm</link> 
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 09:57:15 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Allied Capital finds buyer for 2.8M shares at $17.87 each</title>
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Allied Capital Corp. found a buyer for 2.8 million shares of the company&amp;#39;s stock at $17.87 per share a 7.2 percent discount, the lender said Friday.

The Washington-based lender and investor, in a s...</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:05:02 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Commercial Finance Firms' Risk Rises</title>
  <description>Commercial financing firms are likely to face credit risk in 2008 as credit markets and the economy continue to worsen, but those risks are reflected in current valuations, Wachovia Capital Markets LLC analyst Jim Shanahan wrote in a research note Wednesday.</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:24:11 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Earnings Roundup: TJX, Hewlett-Packard</title>
  <description>Among the earnings stories for Wednesday, Feb. 20, from AP Financial News: Top stories:</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:44:48 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>Allied Capital Sets Quarterly Dividend</title>
  <description>Allied Capital Corp. said Monday its board declared a quarterly dividend of 65 cents. The business development company said the dividend is payable March 27 to shareholders of record as of March 12.</description>
    <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080205/allied-capital-sets-quarterly-dividend.htm</link> 
  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:36:08 EST</pubDate>
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