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		<title><![CDATA[Discover Financial Services F3Q09 (Qtr End 08/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions And your first question will come from the line of Bill Carcache with Fox-Pitt. Please proceed. Bill Carcache &#8211; Fox-Pitt Good morning. Can you talk a bit about operating expenses? And you mentioned higher marketing expectations in the fourth quarter. And so should we expect...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:36:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discover Financial: Quite Solid Results, All Things Considered]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trader Mark submits: I have a long Discover Financial DFS position married against a short Capital One COF position; but in this day and age such hedging strategies are moot points. Every stock in a sector goes up (or more rarely nowadays, down) as based on HFT algorithms. Differentiating between...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Credit Card Defaults Show Signs of Stabilizing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Juan Lagorio and Elinor Comlay NEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - The rate of U.S. credit card defaults showed signs of stabilizing last month, an indication that American consumers are in better financial shape than feared despite job losses and the housing slump. Bank of America Corp BAC in a regulatory...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:34:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Credit Card Overcharge Fees: RIP?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://rortybomb.wordpress.com submits:  From The New York Times:   The noxious penalty imposed on American Express and Discover consumers who exceeded their spending limit has finally died, quashed by legislation signed in May by President Obama to ease onerous fees for cardholders. In recent days, American Express customers began...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:38:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discover Financial's Exquisitely Timed Offering]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trader Mark submits: Well that was exquisite timing by Discover Financial DFS - ironically this was one of the stronger stocks in my entire watch list yesterday. So were the other credit card companies actually. At $500M, this offering is a 10% dilution to the current $5B market cap -...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:13:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Thanks to an Analyst Upgrade, Discovery Finds Itself]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trader Mark submits: I've been taking a serious look at Discover Financial DFS the past 7-8 days as it seemed poised to break out of a recent range. Why buy a credit card company in these times? Why not - squiggly line analysis is all that matters to the computers....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:03:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discover Financial Services Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Brian Foran &#8211; Goldman Sachs & Company, Inc. Brian Foran &#8211; Goldman Sachs & Company, Inc. When we think about your loss guidance which implies deceleration in the reserves as well, can you comment on some of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:58:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discover Financial Services Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discovery Financial Services DFS   Q2 2009 Earnings Call   June 18, 2009 11:00 am ET]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:58:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discover Financial Services F1Q09 (Qtr End 2/28/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from line of Eg Roshan ph from Omega. Please proceed. Unidentified Analyst Good morning. Thank you for taking my call. I've got some basic questions on the IO write downs. You took 98 million of those, I guess, part of as...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:05:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discover Financial Services Financial Community Briefing Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionUnidentified Analyst Hi. You guys talked about your selectivity in customers and accounts are coming down and the long-term relationship you have with customers, but in this environment I&#8217;d be curious if we are to learn or be reminded of your experience working out customer loans, when you...]]></description>
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