International Business News - EZPW 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 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 Pawn shop chain Ezcorp Inc. said Wednesday it agreed to buy Value Financial Services Inc., the nation's largest privately held pawnshop operator, for about $79.8 million in cash and stock. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/ezcorp-to-buy-value-financial-for-79-8m.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:14:16 EDT Ezcorp Inc., which makes pawn and payday loans, said Friday it will buy 11 Nevada pawn shops operating under the Pawn Plus and ASAP Pawn brands in a $34.5 million cash-and-stock deal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/ezcorp-to-buy-11-nevada-pawn-shops-in-34-5m-deal.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:31:47 EDT Pawn shop chain Ezcorp Inc. said Monday it was abandoning its efforts to acquire Value Financial Services Inc. after the privately held company said it was terminating the deal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/ezcorp-abandons-value-financial-acquisition.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:45:17 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 Ezcorp Inc., which operates a chain of pawn stores, said Tuesday its fiscal third-quarter earnings will be better than previously anticipated on stronger-than-expected sales gross profit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/ezcorp-sees-3q-earnings-better-than-expected.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:42:16 EDT A senior vice president of pawnshop operator Ezcorp Inc. sold 20,000 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/ezcorp-senior-vice-president-sells-shares.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:30:58 EDT Pawn broker Ezcorp Inc. said Monday it will pay $600,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the Texas Attorney General's office that claimed the company did not adequately protect consumers' private information. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/ezcorp-to-pay-600-000-to-settle-suit.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:24:03 EDT Pawn broker EZCORP Inc. said Tuesday it will stop operations at its 11 stores in Florida. EZCORP is closing the stores as it appeals a cease and desist order that was issued Thursday by the state's Office of Financial Regulation. The regulator issued the order after an administrative law judge recommended it in March, saying EZCORP violated state usury law. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/ezcorp-closing-11-florida-branches.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:12:28 EDT Ezcorp Inc., which offers pawn and payday loans, said Monday it named John Thedford president of its Ezpawn Worldwide division. Thedford founded Value Financial Services, doing business as Value Pawn, in 1994. Ezcorp announced earlier this month it was buying Value Financial for $110 million, making it the biggest pawnshop operator in Florida. Thedford will continue to serve as chief executive of Value Financial upon the close of the acquisition. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/ezcorp-names-thedford-president-pawn-division.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:28:50 EDT Pawnshop operator Ezcorp Inc. said Thursday it agreed to buy Value Financial Services Inc. in a deal Ezcorp valued at $110 million. Ezcorp said the purchase will make it the biggest pawnshop operator in Florida. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/ezcorp-to-buy-value-financial-services.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:06:07 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 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 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 A senior vice president of pawnshop operator EZCORP Inc. sold 20,000 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/ezcorp-executive-sells-20-000-shares.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:46:31 EDT A senior vice president of pawnshop operator EZCORP Inc. sold 15,000 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080130/ezcorp-svp-sells-shares.htm Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:57:41 EST