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News Headlines
- Executive Change: Edwin "Skip" Herbert to Asset Acceptance 12/22/06
- Changes Announced in Top Leadership at WAM 12/22/06
- Franklin Credit Announces Additional Reductions in Borrowing Costs 12/19/06
- TNB Acquires Five Credit Union Card Portfolios 12/18/06
- Billion-Dollar Companies Top Collection Agency and Debt-Buyer Industry Rankings 12/15/06
- City Facing Backlash Over Business Tax Collection 12/15/06
- Asta Beats Estimates, Reports Record Quarter and Fiscal Year 12/14/06
- UK Debt Purchaser Announces Record Year 12/13/06
- Executive Change: Jody Jimerson to B-Line, LLC 12/12/06
- Goldman Sachs Buys $1.3 billion in Bad Loans from German Bank 12/12/06
- Executive Changes: TDX Group Expands Senior Team 12/11/06
- UK Debt Purchaser Named as Business of the Year Finalist 12/11/06
- Motley Fool Picks Portfolio Recovery as Best Small Cap for 2007 12/11/06
- FirstCity Financial Corporation Completes Purchase of SBA Lending Franchise 12/8/06
- IEI Financial Purchases $18.8 million Utility-Based Debt Portfolio 12/8/06
- ACF Medical Services Purchases $250 million in Receivables from Four Healthcare Systems 12/8/06
- Court Decision Re-Affirms Debt Resolve's Patent Protection 12/7/06
- Asta Funding Sets Earnings Release and Conference Call Date 12/7/06
- West Asset Management Appoints Mick Mazour President 12/6/06
- CAMCO Saga Ends with $1 million FTC Settlement 12/6/06
- Hospital Companies Weighed Down by Bad Debt 12/4/06
- Hospital Seeks Court OK to Sell Medical Debt 12/1/06
- Portfolio Recovery Ramping Up Hiring at New Call Center 11/21/06
- Target has No Plans to Sell Credit Card Business 11/17/06
- Receivable Acquisition & Management Corp. Completes Two Million Share Buyback 11/16/06
- Portfolio Recovery Associates Establishing New Call Center in Jackson, TN 11/16/06
- Franklin Credit Management Reports Increase in Revenue, Drop in Loss for Q3 11/15/06
- Velocity Asset Management Reports Record Revenue and Operating Results for Q3 11/15/06
- Debt Buying Executive Opens New Company 11/15/06
- FirstCity Financial Receives Approval for SBA Lending Initiative 11/13/06
- Court Appoints Chicago Debt Exchange to Sell Preference Judgments 11/10/06
- FirstCity Financial Reports Higher Earnings in Q3 11/8/06
- Debt Purchaser Announces the Voluntary Conversion of Certain Preferred Stock 11/8/06
- Debt Resolve Announces the Closing of Its Initial Public Offering 11/7/06
- National Loan Exchange Announces the Sale of $220 Million of Chapter 13 Accounts 11/6/06
- UK Insolvency eXchange Launched with Two of the Top Five UK Banks 11/3/06
- Encore Capital Reports 33% Decline in Income for Q3 11/3/06
- Executive Bio: Andy Szemenyei 11/2/06
- Varisol Finalizes Agreement with New Jersey Hospital to Purchase Aged Accounts 11/2/06
- Debt Resolve Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering 11/2/06
- Asset Acceptance Earnings Down on High Portfolio Prices 11/2/06
- Receivable Acquisition & Management Corporation Announces Portfolio Purchases 11/1/06
- National Loan Exchange, Inc. Announces 3rd Quarter Debt Purchasing Trends 10/31/06
- Portfolio Recovery Associates Income up 20% in Q3 10/31/06
- State Attorney General Reaches Settlement with Debt Buyer 10/30/06
- Lighthouse Consulting & Asset Management, Inc. Announces New Addition to Website 10/27/06
- Encore Capital Group Earnings Call scheduled for Nov 2 10/27/06
- Pathfinder Interview: Bud Reitzel 10/26/06
- Expert Roundtable: Debt Purchasing for Collection Agencies 10/25/06
- West Corporation Completes Recapitalization 10/25/06
Analysis Headlines
- Resources for New Debt Buyers
- Buyer Beware: A Word of Caution to Debt Purchasers
- Debt Buyers’ Growing Interest in Alternative Asset Classes
- Statute of Limitations
- Branching Out: Debt Purchasing Firms Expand and Diversify
- Pricing in the U.S. Credit Card Market
- The Importance and Availability of Media in a Portfolio
- Liquidation Rates Can be Higher
- 20 Sure Fire Ways to Lose Money, and Get Sued
- Unsecured Creditors – Challenges after Bankruptcy Reform
- Separate Your Agency from the Competition
- The Impact of Scoring on Collections
- The Role of Sellers, Resellers & Brokers in Debt Purchasing
- Early Findings from the Kaulkin Report
- 2004 Not Just Another Year in the Collection Industry
- The Media and Debt Purchasers
- Collection Industry M&A Activity Skyrocketing
Research Headlines
- Kaulkin Report 6th Edition - Chapter 2: Mergers & Acquisitions
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 26: Outlook on Market Threats
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 8: Bankruptcy Receivables in the U.S.
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 7: Accounting in the U.S. Credit Card Market
- Global Debt Buying Report: Chapter 5: Resales in the U.S. Credit Card Market
- Global Debt Buying Report: Chapter 6: Globalization in the U.S. Credit Card Market
- Global Debt Buying Report: Chapter 3: Volume in the U.S. Credit Card Market
- Global Debt Buying Report: Chapter 4: Pricing in the U.S. Credit Card Market
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 1: Portfolio Sizes in the U.S. Credit Card Market
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 2: Expected Returns in the U.S. Credit Card Market
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 25: Outlook on Emerging Classes of Debt
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 27: Overall Market Outlook
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 15: Debt Buying in France
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 16: Debt Buying in Germany
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 17: Debt Buying in Italy
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 18: Debt Buying in New Zealand
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 19: Debt Buying in Poland
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 20: Debt Buying in Spain
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 21: Debt Buying in the United Kingdom
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 22: A Pan-European Debt Buying Perspective
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 23: Outlook on Pricing
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 24: Outlook on Competition
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 10: Auto Deficiency Receivables in the U.S.
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 11: Healthcare Receivables in the U.S.
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 12: Debt Buying in Australia
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 13: Debt Buying in Benelux
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 14: Debt Buying in Canada
- Global Debt Buying Report - Chapter 9: Telecommunications Receivables in the U.S.
- Kaulkin Report, 6th Edition - Chapter 7: Debt Buying
Press Releases
- I Sure Do Like Hotdogs 1/31/08



