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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Downgrades Popular, Inc.'s Long-term IDR to 'BBB'; Outlook Negative]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has downgraded the following ratings of Popular, Inc. Popular:  -- Long-term Issuer Default Rating IDR to 'BBB' from 'A-';  -- Senior unsecured to 'BBB' from 'A-';  -- Preferred stock to 'BB+' from 'BBB+';  -- Individual to 'C' from 'B/C'.  Popular's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Popular completes sale.(PUERTO RICO)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6634/is_200812/ai_n31256329]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[POPULAR COMPLETES SALE. Popular, Inc. on Nov. 3 said it has  completed the sale of the loan and servicing assets of its US mortgage  subsidiary Popular Financial Holdings, Inc. to various Goldman Sachs  affiliates. The sale would result in a reduction of about US$900 million  in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[E-Loan exiting out of loan business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20081023/ai_n30949460]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Pleasanton-based E-Loan, a pioneer in the world of online lending, will stop issuing new loans sometime in the next few weeks.   The news was announced when the online lending firm's Puerto Rico- based parent company, Popular Inc., released disappointing third- quarter earnings Wednesday. Popular reported a $668.5 million...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Popular Inc. sells U.S. loan portfolio.(PUERTO RICO)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6634/is_200804/ai_n26495314]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Popular, Inc. on March 4 announced the completion of the previously  announced sale by its Equity One subsidiary of a significant portion of  its U.S. consumer-finance loan portfolio to American General Finance,  Inc. for about US$1.48 billion. "The closing of the transaction  allows us to move...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Popular sells US finance operations.(PUERTO RICO)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6634/is_200803/ai_n26495240]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Popular, Inc. on Jan. 23 announced the signing of an Asset Purchase  Agreement to sell certain assets of Equity One, the US mainland consumer  finance operations of Popular Financial Holdings, to American General  Finance, Inc., a member of American International Group. The Agreement  contemplates the sale...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bank reports loss for 2007.(PUERTO RICO)(Financial report)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6634/is_200802/ai_n26165861]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Popular Inc., the parent of Banco Popular, Puerto Rico's  largest bank, said it expected to report a net loss for the year,  reports Reuters (Dec. 22, 2007). The company said it would have to  reclassify 21 mortgage loans held in securitization trusts that do not  qualify...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Affirms & Removes Popular, Inc. from Rating Watch Negative]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Jan_23/ai_n24220773]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the long-term Issuer Default Rating IDR of 'A-' for Popular, Inc. Popular and removed it from Rating Watch Negative. This action follows the sale of a large part of Equity One's loan portfolio to American General Finance, Inc. AGF. Popular will receive approximately...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[E-Loan announces layoffs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20071113/ai_n21101103]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The mortgage morass has engulfed E-Loan, an online loan firm that said Monday it intends to chop more than 400 jobs from its Pleasanton headquarters as part of a wrenching and broad restructuring.    Employees were notified at the end of last week they would be dismissed. E-Loan,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Downgrades S-T IDR of Popular, Inc. to 'F2'; L-T IDR on Watch Negative]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has downgraded the short-term Issuer Default Rating IDR of Popular, Inc. Popular to 'F2' from 'F1' and placed Popular's long-term IDR of 'A-' on Rating Watch Negative. Fitch has also placed the short-term and long-term IDRs of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, Popular's major banking...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Popular, Smith Barney deal.(PUERTO RICO)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Popular, Inc., the leading financial institution here, on Aug. 30  announced it will acquire the operations of broker-dealer Smith Barney  in Puerto Rico. Smith Barney, a division of Citigroup Global Markets  Inc., is a provider of financial planning and advisory services to high  net worth investors,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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