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		<title><![CDATA[Gift Cards Still Have Pitfalls, Despite Better Consumer Protections]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gift cards take much of the spirit out of gift-giving -- the thoughtfulness extends little further than choosing a dollar amount and maybe a specific merchant -- but there's no denying the popularity of the convenience they offer.    Consumers bought $25 billion worth for holiday gifts last...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:01:29 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bankrate Acquisition: Shareholders Don't Want to Sell? Then We'll Dilute Their Holdings!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brendan Wagner submits: I know I keep coming back to this situation, but part of the theme of my writing is the notion that common stockholders be respected and protected.   Tuesday we had more ridiculousness from the Bankrate RATE "going private" transaction: by Cru Jones]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:03:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Did Bankrate Rush Through The Apax Deal? SEC Picking Over Details]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Deal Professor on NYTimes.com raises some great questions on the Bankrate&#8217;s sale deal to Apax Partners, after combing through the tender offer SEC filings. Among the main points raised: the management seems to want to push through the deal with Apax, and may not have gone through a...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Still Years Away from Private Equity's Triumphant Return]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Salomon submits:  For readers of my blog, you know where I stand on the private equity industry. I have suggested for several years now that private equity activity would be entering a long slumber (see Private Equity: The End of an Era and Private Equity &#8211; Stupid Money...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:35:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bankrate Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions We will take our first question from Youssef Squali with Jefferies. Youssef Squali - Jefferies Thank you very much and Tom, congrats on the deal; a couple of quick ones. First on the deposit side, can you talk a little bit more about pricing, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:45:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bankrate Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bankrate Inc. RATE   Q2 2009 Earnings Call   July 30, 2009 11 am ET]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:45:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Arbs Are at Play with Bankrate ? Higher Price Likely]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Third Party Feed:  Media Tech Analyst submits:  First off, let me point out that the acquisition of Bankrate RATE was on my list of 12 2009 Predictions and I previously called for an acquisition in my write-up Final Option for Bankrate: Find a Buyer.  Consensus was estimating...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:52:43 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bankrate: Downgraded on Valuation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits:  Bankrate RATE shares are sagging Tuesday morning after Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney cut his rating on the shares to Hold from Buy in a valuation call. His target remains $32; the stock closed Monday at $31.06. Mahaney notes that the stock has rallied 23% since...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:01:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bankrate Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions. We'll take our first question from Mark Mahaney with Citigroup. Mark Mahaney - Citigroup  A little color on that display advertising improvement that you've seen. Is that all endemic display advertising? Have you seen any rebound in interest or demand from non-endemic,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 20:11:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Analysts Finally Defend Bankrate]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Third Party Feed:  Media Tech Analyst submits:  I&#8217;ve been waiting for the Wall Street analysts with $40ish price targets on Bankrate RATE to come out and defend the stock, which has fallen 30% over the past week due to concerns on further display advertising pullback and the near...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:33:30 -0700</pubDate>
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