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		<title><![CDATA[Opportunities in the Rediscovered Layaway Culture]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Penny Sleuth submits:   By Greg Guenther In today&#8217;s market, there&#8217;s plenty of pain to go around. In fact, a much-maligned retail tactic is making a comeback: layaway. by The Penny Sleuth]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:05:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aaron's Rents: Rare Opportunity for Share Price Appreciation in 2009]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[William Kabourek submits: Tough times are prosperous times for rent-to-own companies. Rent-to-own companies are low-end banks. They provide furniture, appliances, and electronics to those that have credit issues or are turned off by the established credit industry. Customers are generally lower income earners that know that they will get into...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:30:53 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rent-A-Center Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Your first question comes from Arvind Bhatia - Sterne Agee. Arvind Bhatia - Sterne Agee Couple of questions, first I&#8217;m wondering if you can comment on the rentals being slightly weaker than you had projected. Is that the APU factor that you were talking about or there...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:06:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aaron Rents Can Benefit from This Credit Environment]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ockham Research submits:  In the search for stocks that have the potential to benefit from a protracted recession, we want to highlight an undervalued stock in the rent-to-own segment. Aaron Rents RNT, an Atlanta based company, was being pummeled Tuesday, down more than 16% as of this post. This...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:32:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Earnings Preview: Rent-A-Center]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rent-A-Center RCII is expected to report Q3 earnings after market close Monday, Oct. 27, with a conference call scheduled for Tuesday at 10:45 am. Guidance Analysts are looking for a profit of 48c on revenue of $700.15M. The consensus range is 45c to 50c for EPS, and revenue of $688.6M...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:15:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PowerShares Dynamic Retail ETF Finds Bargains in Discount Retailers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don Dion submits:   Despite an extended economic slowdown and poor consumer spending numbers, PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio ETF PMR gained momentum over the summer. While some analysts believe that the worst is yet to come for retail, an increasing number of investors believe that some retailers are oversold...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rent-A-Center, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions  We will pause for just a moment to compile the Q&A roster.  Your first question comes from Dennis Telzrow - Stephens, Inc. Dennis Telzrow - Stephens, Inc. Obviously I have a question on this new product here for Texas, I guess my...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:38:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Tractor Supply Co., Rent-A-Center Inc., Weatherford International Ltd, Baker Hughes, Inc. and National Oilwell Varco Inc]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Tractor Supply Co. (Nasdaq: TSCO), Rent-A-Center Inc. (Nasdaq: RCII), Weatherford International...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rent-A-Center, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Your first question is from  Dennis Telzrow of Stephens, Inc.   Dennis Telzrow- Stephens, Inc.   Mark, I guess the guidance on same-store for the second quarter is driven by more your thoughts about what merchandise sales will be, given you had such...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 10:23:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rent-A-Center Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Arvind Bhatia - Sterne, Agee & Leach. Arvind Bhatia - Sterne, Agee & Leach  I was wondering if you can talk about the consolidation a little bit more; in particular, if you can and I don&#8217;t know...]]></description>
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