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				</language><webMaster>search@zibb.com (RB Search)</webMaster><copyright>Copyright (c) 2007 Reed Business Information. All rights reserved.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:53:44 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:53:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>Zibb.com: Rent-A-Center Incorporated (Industry News &amp; Blogs)
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					</url></image><item><title>Stock research report available on Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ:RCII) fr...
      </title><link>http://www.zibb.com/article/5679552/Stock+research+report+available+on+Rent+A+Center+NASDAQ+RCII+from+SmarTrend+Analytics</link><description>SmarTrend, the proprietary pattern recognition system, has made available a free sample copy of our premium research report on (NASDAQ:RCII) at http://www.mysmartrend.com/research/ SmarTrend, our proprietary pattern recognition system, called a Downtrend for Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ:RCII) on September</description><guid>http://www.zibb.com/article/5679552/Stock+research+report+available+on+Rent+A+Center+NASDAQ+RCII+from+SmarTrend+Analytics</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:53:44 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zibb.com" /></item><item><title>Rent-A-Center Names Trey Feiler Vice President of Development (Bu...
      </title><link>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/RentACenter-Names-Trey-Feiler-bw-909762162.html?x=0</link><description>PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ/NGS:RCII), the nation’s largest rent-to-own operator, today announced the appointment of Trey Feiler to vice</description><guid>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/RentACenter-Names-Trey-Feiler-bw-909762162.html?x=0</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://finance.yahoo.com" /></item><item><title>UPDATE - Rent-A-Center seeks to extend credit facility term (at R...
      </title><link>http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idCNBNG50515520091102?rpc=44</link><description>* Looks to address maturities due in 2011 * Intends to extend terms, increase interest rates * Says expected cash flow enough to meet '10 payments Nov 2 (Reuters) - Rent-A-Center Inc ,</description><guid>http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idCNBNG50515520091102?rpc=44</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:57:56 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.reuters.com" /></item><item><title>Rent-A-Center’s profit up as sales decline</title><link>http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/10/26/daily12.html?ana=from_rss</link><description>Plano-based Rent-A-Center (Nasdaq: RCII) posted a profit of $36.8 million, or 55 cents per share, on revenue of $671.3 million in the quarter. That compares to a profit of $29.4 million, or 44 cents per share, on revenue of $708.8 million during the same period last year.</description><guid>http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/10/26/daily12.html?ana=from_rss</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:49:51 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://dallas.bizjournals.com" /></item><item><title>Rent-A-Center's profits surge 25%</title><link>http://www.furnituretoday.com/article/366520-Rent_A_Center_s_profits_surge_25_.php?rssid=20052</link><description>PLANO, Texas — Rent-A-Center, the largest U.S. rent-to-own chain, said third-quarter profits were more than 25% ahead of last year's third quarter despite a 5.3% decline in revenues.</description><guid>http://www.furnituretoday.com/article/366520-Rent_A_Center_s_profits_surge_25_.php?rssid=20052</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:17:55 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.furnituretoday.com" /></item><item><title>Rent-A-Center Earnings Call scheduled for Tue, Oct 27 (CCBN)</title><link>http://biz.yahoo.com/cc/2/107482.html</link><description>Learn when companies announce their quarterly, annual earnings as well as other types of announcements. Listen to the conference call and remind yourself by adding it to your calendar.</description><guid>http://biz.yahoo.com/cc/2/107482.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:10:53 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://biz.yahoo.com" /></item><item><title>ConsumerMan: Rent-a-Center ‘unfair’?</title><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32571780/ns/business-consumer_news/</link><description>Rent-A-Center spokesman Magic Johnson promises the company will give you “the respect you’ve earned.” But customers aren't getting respect — and the company has been sued.</description><guid>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32571780/ns/business-consumer_news/</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:28:06 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.msnbc.msn.com" /></item><item><title>ConsumerMan: Rent-a-Center ‘unfair’?</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/26/3195507-consumerman-rent-a-center-unfair</link><description>Rent-A-Center spokesman Magic Johnson promises the company will give you “the respect you&amp;#8</description><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/26/3195507-consumerman-rent-a-center-unfair</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:28:06 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.newsvine.com" /></item><item><title>[$$] Rent-A-Center Zooms to 10% Gain (at RealMoney by TheStreet.c...
      </title><link>http://www.thestreet.com/p/_yahoo/rmoney/technicalanalysis/10555830.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&amp;cm_cat=PREMIUM&amp;cm_ite=003190</link><description>Article about Rent-A-Center Zooms to 10% Gain on page 1 including related articles and blogs. TheStreet is the source for financial market news, trading stock, quotes, and personal finance advice.</description><guid>http://www.thestreet.com/p/_yahoo/rmoney/technicalanalysis/10555830.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&amp;cm_cat=PREMIUM&amp;cm_ite=003190</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:47:07 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.thestreet.com" /></item><item><title>Rent-A-Center denies customer abuse</title><link>http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/07/27/daily11.html?ana=from_rss</link><description>Rent-A-Center is facing an investigation by the Washington State Attorney General's office after some of the company's customers in Washington alleged the company harassed them over delinquent payments on rented household items.</description><guid>http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/07/27/daily11.html?ana=from_rss</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:00:57 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.bizjournals.com" /></item><item><title>Rent-A-Center 2Q Sales Off 5.5%</title><link>http://www.hfbusiness.com/article/rent-a-center-inc-nasdaq-ngs-rcii-sales-down-55-2nd-quarter-but-earnings-rise-410389_1.html</link><description>Rent-to-own store operator Rent-A-Center Inc. (NASDAQ/NGS:RCII), Plano, Texas, reported second quarter 2009 revenues of $679.6 million, a 5.5 percent decrease from the prior-year period, but net earnings were up 11.1 percent to $41.9 million.</description><guid>http://www.hfbusiness.com/article/rent-a-center-inc-nasdaq-ngs-rcii-sales-down-55-2nd-quarter-but-earnings-rise-410389_1.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hfbusiness.com" /></item><item><title>Rent-a-center accused of harassing, deceiving customers</title><link>http://atg.wa.gov/pressrelease.aspx?id=23480</link><description>SEATTLE— Carol Hammons says she picked up a sofa, recliners, and a hide-a-bed from her local Rent-A-Center store. The sofa’s fabric was torn, a foot was bent, and the recliner didn’t work. But, according to a sworn statement, that’s just where Hammons’ problems with the national</description><guid>http://atg.wa.gov/pressrelease.aspx?id=23480</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://atg.wa.gov" /></item><item><title>Many buying into rent-to-own idea during recession</title><link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6526142.html</link><description>Many of the new customers turning to stores like Aaron's Inc. are short on cash, and, more importantly, credit.</description><guid>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6526142.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.chron.com" /></item><item><title>Stock Of The Day: Aaron’s Inc (NYSE: AAN)</title><link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3209660</link><description>Renting Becomes Fashionable… Or Not? After the bell yesterday, we had a double whammy on earnings surprises. Both Aaron’s Inc (NYSE: AAN) and Rent-a-Center (Nasdaq: RCII) reported[More...]</description><guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3209660</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:51:21 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.istockanalyst.com" /></item><item><title>Rent-A-Center downgraded to "neutral"</title><link>http://www.newratings.com/en/main/company_headline.m?id=1906731</link><description>NEW YORK, April 28 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Sterne Agee downgrade Rent-A-Center (ticker: RCII) from "buy" to "neutral." [more]</description><guid>http://www.newratings.com/en/main/company_headline.m?id=1906731</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:02:38 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.newratings.com" /></item><item><title>Rent-A-Center The Perfect Recession Play (at Investopedia)</title><link>http://community.investopedia.com/news/IA/2008/Rent-A-Center-The-Perfect-Recession-Play-RCII1204.aspx?partner=YahooSA</link><description>Rent-A-Center (Nasdaq:RCII) may be one of the safer companies to own through the recession and financial crisis, as its businesses will see increased demand during an economic downturn.</description><guid>http://community.investopedia.com/news/IA/2008/Rent-A-Center-The-Perfect-Recession-Play-RCII1204.aspx?partner=YahooSA</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:51:06 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://community.investopedia.com" /></item><item><title>How To Sell a Shopping Center on eBay</title><link>http://retaildesigndiva.blogs.com/retail_design_diva/2008/11/how-to-sell-a-s.html</link><description>Retail Design Diva is your hip connection to everything retail. Store design, new openings, pesky retailer habits, services/products we love and more are all covered in this sassy daily blog. Get your retail fix every day with Retail Design Diva!</description><guid>http://retaildesigndiva.blogs.com/retail_design_diva/2008/11/how-to-sell-a-s.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:28:07 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://retaildesigndiva.blogs.com" /></item><item><title>Shares of Rent-A-Center plunge on lowered outlook (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081028/earns_rent_a_center.html?.v=1</link><description>Shares of Rent-A-Center plunge on lowered outlook. - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Shares of Rent-A-Center Inc. plunged Tuesday after the company lowered its outlook for the fourth quarter due to the spreading financial crisis.</description><guid>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081028/earns_rent_a_center.html?.v=1</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:06:31 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://us.rd.yahoo.com" /></item><item><title>Earnings Preview: Rent-A-Center</title><link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/101771-earnings-preview-rent-a-center?source=feed</link><description>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 to $710.68M, according to First Call.</description><guid>http://seekingalpha.com/article/101771-earnings-preview-rent-a-center?source=feed</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:15:09 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://seekingalpha.com" /></item><item><title>Verizon IP network to boost Rent-A-Center</title><link>http://feeds.computerworld.com/click.phdo?i=a49031f75dcf373b08c83a29fc2e3b8a</link><description>Under the $34 million, three-year-deal, Rent-A-Center replaced 700 different networking service contracts with one Verizon agreement to service its 3,000 North American rent-to-own stores.</description><guid>http://feeds.computerworld.com/click.phdo?i=a49031f75dcf373b08c83a29fc2e3b8a</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://feeds.computerworld.com" /></item><item><title>Rent-A-Center Signs $34 Million Agreement for Verizon Business to...
      </title><link>http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2008/rent-a-center-signs-34.html</link><description>BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - Rent-A-Center, the largest rent-to-own operator in the United States, is transforming many of its business operations by tapping the power of an Internet protocol (IP) network provided by Verizon Business under a new three-year, $34 million agreement.</description><guid>http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2008/rent-a-center-signs-34.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://newscenter.verizon.com" /></item><item><title>Rent-A-Center Signs $34 Million Agreement for Verizon Business to...
      </title><link>http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&amp;STORY=/www/story/09-08-2008/0004880302&amp;EDATE=</link><description>S., Canada and Puerto Rico. The new MPLS-based network also powers Rent-A-Center's in-store employment kiosks, as well as the company's Web-based management training program. The company previously employed network access from multiple service providers.</description><guid>http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&amp;STORY=/www/story/09-08-2008/0004880302&amp;EDATE=</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.prnewswire.com" /></item><item><title>J.C. Penney, Pier 1 see drop in August same-store sales (at bizjo...
      </title><link>http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/09/01/daily38.html?ana=yfcpc</link><description>J.C. Penney said Wednesday its same-store sales — or sales at stores open for more than a year — dropped 4.9 percent for the four-week period ending Aug. 30. Plano, Texas-based J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) reported that during the same period a year ago, comparable-store sales fell 2.</description><guid>http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/09/01/daily38.html?ana=yfcpc</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:55:10 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://atlanta.bizjournals.com" /></item><item><title>True Men Of PR Genius</title><link>http://www.banklawyersblog.com/3_bank_lawyers/2008/05/true-men-of-pr.html</link><description>The past week's Stevie Wonder Award, presented to the financial institution or affiliated party that was so blind it could not see that it was stepping in a public relations cowpie of epic breadth and depth, goes to...[drum roll]...: It's...</description><guid>http://www.banklawyersblog.com/3_bank_lawyers/2008/05/true-men-of-pr.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 12:30:19 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.banklawyersblog.com" /></item><item><title>Weathering a FireStorm</title><link>http://www.multichannel.com/article/80609-Weathering_a_FireStorm.php</link><description>In late October 2007, for the second time in four years a rash of wildfires raged out of control, gobbling up over a half million acres and thousands of homes in Southern California. Just when everyone thought the worst was over, Malibu was hit again the first week of November. Some 23 fires burned</description><guid>http://www.multichannel.com/article/80609-Weathering_a_FireStorm.php</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Rent-A-Center Incorporated</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.multichannel.com" /></item></channel></rss>