International Business News - CSH http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Cash America International Inc. said Monday it will buy an 80 percent stake in a Mexican pawnshop chain for $90 million cash and performance-related payments. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/cash-america-to-buy-mexican-pawnshop-chain.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:43:46 EDT 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 he expects that Cash America International Corp. and First Cash Financial Services Inc. lost income after the hurricane essentially shut down Houston since making landfall there about 10 days ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/pawn-shops-slip-after-analyst-sees-ike-constraints.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:45:29 EDT Among the earnings projection stories for Thursday, July 24, from AP Financial News: WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP)--Bunge Ltd., a fertilizer and seed company, on Thursday hiked its full-year profit outlook above Wall Street expectations after second-quarter profit soared on strong sales growth in all business segments. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/outlook-roundup-bunge-monro-muffler.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:16:50 EDT Among the earnings stories for Thursday, July 24, from AP Financial News: Top stories: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/earnings-roundup-ford-cash-america.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:27:49 EDT Pawnshop operator and cash advance provider Cash America International Inc. on Thursday raised its full-year earnings guidance based on strong results for the first half of the year and expectations for continued demand for its loan products. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/cash-america-raises-full-year-earnings-outlook.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:18:51 EDT Cash America International Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter profit jumped 52 percent to top Wall Street expectations, as the pawnshop operator benefited from increased pawn loans and merchandise sales. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/cash-america-2nd-quarter-profit-jumps-52-percent.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:59:10 EDT Cash-strapped consumers desperate for deals are increasingly turning to pawn shops and payday lenders instead of the local mall and neighborhood bank. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/tight-credit-drives-consumers-toward-pawn-shops.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:45:10 EDT Payday lenders fighting to repeal a statewide crackdown on their industry on Monday sued two of Ohio's top elected officials, arguing that repeated hurdles the lenders have faced in getting the issue on the November ballot are unconstitutional. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/payday-lenders-take-ohio-ballot-battle-to-court.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:54:33 EDT Pawnshop operator and cash advance provider Cash America International Inc. boosted its second-quarter guidance Monday, as economic woes and turmoil in the lending industry sent more consumers to its pawn shops. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/cash-america-boosts-2q-profit-guidance.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:00:27 EDT Pawnshop operator and cash advance provider Cash America International Inc. said it has named the chief operating officer and executive vice president of its retail services division, Dennis J. Weese, as the segment's new president. He will keep his position as COO. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/cash-america-appoints-retail-division-president.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:23:43 EDT Payday lenders such as Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc. and QC Holdings Inc. run the risk being shut out of providing the loans nationwide, according to an analyst who says the companies' stock prices don't currently reflect that possibility. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/payday-lenders-shares-may-be-at-risk.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:58:31 EDT Among the stock activity stories for Friday, May 16, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of wireless network component maker Finisar Corp. jumped Friday after analysts lauded its $212 million buyout of telecommunications component maker Optium Corp., and its better-than-anticipated fourth-quarter outlook. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/movers-roundup-finisar-cash-america.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 18:16:55 EDT Shares of Cash America International Inc. fell Friday a day after the payday lender slashed its profit target and said it planned to shut down its business in Ohio. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/cash-america-shares-fall-a-day-after-ohio-vote.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 17:13:11 EDT Shares of payday lenders barely budged Thursday after Ohio passed a law making the business tougher in the state. Analysts said the market had already anticipated the law would pass, and the stock prices assumed little or no profit in the state from payday lending in the future. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/sector-snap-payday-lenders.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 15:52:33 EDT Payday lender Dollar Financial Corp said Thursday it will continue to review its operations in Ohio after new legislation was passed in the state restricting fees and rates on short-term loans. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/dollar-financial-reviewing-ohio-operations.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 09:07:02 EDT Cash America International Inc., which runs pawn shops, check cashing and short-term loan operations, said Thursday it will close up to 139 locations in Ohio because of new legislation passed in the state. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/cash-america-to-close-up-to-139-locations-in-ohio.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 08:50:17 EDT It has been a terrible six months for financial stocks _ or at least most of them. A handful of companies, including Charles Schwab Corp., Discover Financial Services and MasterCard Inc. have thrived in spite of the credit crisis, or in some cases because of it. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/some-financial-stocks-thrive-amid-credit-crisis.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:03:57 EDT Among the earnings projection stories for Monday, March 31, from AP Financial News: FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ Cash America International Inc. said Monday it may be forced to change its cash advance product in Florida but any move would not reduce anticipated earnings in 2008. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080331/outlook-roundup-cash-america-khd.htm Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:45:50 EDT Cash America International Inc. said Monday it may be forced to change its cash advance product in Florida but any move would not reduce anticipated earnings in 2008. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080331/cash-america-may-change-florida-product.htm Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:26:01 EDT Among the stock activity stories for Tuesday, March 25, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) _ SiRF Technology shares plunged after the chip maker cut its first-quarter revenue forecast, saying sales of personal navigation devices have been weaker than expected. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080325/movers-roundup-sirf-chesapeake-energy.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:25:45 EDT