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• Portfolio Recovery Associates: Apropo of Bailouts

  Trader Mark submits: With my views on the economic drop being much deeper and longer than most, I am beginning a stake in Portfolio Recovery Associates PRAA, which is essentially a debt collection company - they buy debts gone bad from other companies for a cheap price and then try...

  External links 2008-10-02

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• Portfolio Recovery Associates Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

  Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator instructions Your first question comes from the line of Bob Napoli from Piper Jaffray. Please proceed. Bob Napoli – Piper Jaffray Question on the impairments in trying to forecast impairments. You didn’t have any impairments from 05 and we’ve been most concerned about...

  Earnings calls 2008-07-29

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• Portfolio Recovery Associates Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

  Question-and-Answer Session Operator Ladies and gentlemen, Operator instructions Our first question comes from the line of Bob Napoli from Piper Jaffray. Please proceed. Bob Napoli – Piper Jaffray I was hoping to dig in a little bit more on the allowance that you guys took in the...

  Earnings calls 2008-04-29

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• Portfolio Recovery Associates Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

  Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Please hold for your first question. Your first question comes from the line of Bob Napoli with Piper Jaffray. Please proceed. Bob Napoli – Piper Jaffray Lots of questions I will just ask one or two...

  Earnings calls 2008-02-25

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• Portfolio Recovery Associates Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator instructions You have a question from the line of Robert Napoli. Please proceed. Robert Napoli Thank you. Good afternoon. Kevin, question for you, though Kevin probably, I guess on the charges that you talked in the quarter, and what kind of confidence do you...

  Earnings calls 2007-10-29

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• Portfolio Recovery Associates Acquires Assets of Broussard Partners

  Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAA), a company that purchases, collects and manages portfolios ofdefaulted consumer receivables and provides a broad range of accountsreceivable management services, today announced that it has acquired theassets of Broussard Partners & Associates, Inc., which specializes inproviding audit services to local tax authorities in Louisiana....

  Articles 2008-08-01

• Portfolio Recovery Associates Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results

  Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAA), a company that purchases, collects and manages portfolios ofdefaulted consumer receivables and provides a broad range of accountsreceivable management services, today reported net income of $11.4 million,or $0.75 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. The Company's second-quarter 2008 profit represents...

  Articles 2008-07-29

• 2008 M&A Activity in the Debt Collection Industry on Target to Exceed 2007 Results Despite Overall Global Decline in M&A

  ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The combined deal value of mergers and acquisitions in the debt collection / accounts receivable management ARM industry could exceed last year's US$1.65 billion, according to Kaulkin Ginsberg, the leading strategic advisor to the industry. Despite the fact that only five M&A transactions closed...

  Articles 2008-07-09

• Portfolio Recovery Associates to Acquire MuniServices, Enhancing Presence in Government Sector

  Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAA), a company that purchases, collects and manages portfolios ofdefaulted consumer receivables and provides a broad range of accountsreceivable management services, today announced that it has entered into adefinitive agreement to acquire MuniServices, LLC, which specializes inrevenue enhancement for government clients. The purchase...

  Articles 2008-06-24

• Portfolio Recovery Associates to Present at William Blair Growth Stock Conference

  Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAA), a leading provider of outsourced receivables management, announcedtoday that Steve Fredrickson, CEO, and Kevin Stevenson, CFO, will be makinga presentation to the investment community at the William Blair GrowthStock Conference to be held in Chicago, IL on Wednesday, June 18, 2008.During the...

  Articles 2008-06-17

• Portfolio Recovery Associates Exiting Third-Party Collections Business

  Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAA), a company that purchases, collects and manages portfolios ofdefaulted consumer receivables and provides a broad range of accountsreceivable management services, today announced that it will exit thebusiness of contingent fee third-party portfolio collections overseen byits Anchor Receivables Management unit. The Company will redeploy the...

  Articles 2008-05-16

• Portfolio Recovery Associates Increases Bank Credit Line to $340 Million

  Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAA), a company that purchases and manages portfolios of defaultedconsumer receivables and provides a broad range of accounts receivablemanagement services, announced today that it has expanded its bank creditline to $340 million. This represents an increase of $70 million from the Company's existing $270million bank...

  Articles 2008-05-12

• Portfolio Recovery Associates Reports First Quarter 2008 Results

  Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAA), a company that purchases, collects and manages portfolios ofdefaulted consumer receivables and provides a broad range of accountsreceivable management services, today reported net income of $11.9 million,or $0.78 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. The Company's first-quarter 2008 profit represents...

  Articles 2008-04-28

• Portfolio Recovery Associates to Announce First Quarter 2008 Results on April 28, 2008

  Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAA), a company that purchases and manages portfolios of defaultedconsumer receivables and provides a broad range of accounts receivablemanagement services, will announce its first quarter 2008 results on April28, 2008. The earnings announcement, which will be released after the market closes,will be followed at 5:30...

  Articles 2008-04-18

• Portfolio Recovery Associates Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Results

  Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAA), a company that purchases, collects and manages portfolios ofdefaulted consumer receivables and provides a broad range of accountsreceivable management services, today reported net income of $10.7 million,or $0.70 per diluted share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2007. The Company's fourth quarter 2007 earnings...

  Articles 2008-02-21

• Introduces Portfolio Recovery Associates to our Bluechips Portfolio.

  M2 PRESSWIRE-12 February 2008-International Stock Targets: Introduces Portfolio Recovery Associates to our Bluechips PortfolioC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12022008 International Stock Targets is a world renowned independent research firm, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Along with walking investors through...

  Articles 2008-02-12

• Portfolio Recovery Associates to Announce Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Results on February 21, 2008

  Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAA), a company that purchases and manages portfolios of defaultedconsumer receivables and provides a broad range of accounts receivablemanagement services, will announce its fourth quarter and full year 2007results on February 21, 2008. The earnings announcement, which will be released after the market closes,will be...

  Articles 2008-02-11

• Morning Investor Focus.

  M2 PRESSWIRE-3 January 2008-Businessnetwire.us: Morning Investor FocusC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03012008 New York, NY -- BusinessNetWire's "Investor's Update" Focuses on the Following Companies: Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH); Orleans Energy Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: OEX); Aradigm...

  Articles 2008-01-03

• Portfolio Recovery Associates Appoints Neal Stern as Chief Operations Officer - Owned Portfolios

  Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAA), a company that purchases and manages portfolios of defaultedconsumer receivables and provides a broad range of accounts receivablemanagement services, today announced the appointment of Neal Stern asSenior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer - Owned Portfolios. In this newly created position, Stern's responsibilities include...

  Articles 2008-01-02

• Portfolio recovery thrives on bad news

  Collecting bad debts from tapped-out consumers is hardly a glamorous way to make money. But it can be profitable. Portfolio Recovery Associates pays pennies on the dollar to buy accounts that credit-card companies, utilities, hospitals and other businesses have given up for dead. Its staff of 1,000...

  Articles 2007-11-18