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		<title><![CDATA[Rent-A-Center Beats Wal-Mart to Financial Services, Provides Warning]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rent-A-Center has been getting a boost in the recession, seeing higher comparable store sales as consumers turn to it for furniture, appliances and electronics, but it has been tripped up a bit by an expansion into financial services, which might be an object lesson for Wal-Mart as it looks for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:08:58 -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[RAC, Aaron, Rent-Way all post quarterly revenue gains (Furniture Today)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plano, Texas-- Rent-to-own giant Rent-A-Center posted a 1.3% increase in revenues for the quarter ended June 30, a figure topped by fellow rental companies Aaron Rents and Rent-Way, which recorded quarterly revenue gains of 17.8% and 2.7%, respectively.      Rent-A-Center, based here, reported revenues in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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