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The broader market was also lower. The Dow Jones Industrial average was off by 5.3 percent, while the Standard &amp; Poor&apos;s 500 index was down 6.7 percent.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2707111765</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:21:07 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Capital One&apos;s September Slump (at Forbes.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/forbes/rss/SIG=130n4347g/*http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/15/capital-one-financial-markets-equity-cx_mp_1015markets25.html?partner=yahootix</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3996631547</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:10:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Earnings Preview: CIT Group (at Seeking Alpha)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/pssa/rss/SIG=123tmgkl1/*http://seekingalpha.com/article/100057-earnings-preview-cit-group?source=yahoo</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/460187246</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:11:23 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moody&apos;s Comparisons Getting Easier (Zacks.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/zacks/081015/15269.html?.v=1</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3831636592</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:52:34 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commerce profit falls 53 percent (at bizjournals.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/bizj/rss/SIG=128pkur9o/*http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2008/10/13/daily20.html?ana=yfcpc</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/26101573</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:05:15 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Capital One Bank Names Doug Kennedy Head of Middle-Market/Corporate Banking for New York and New Jersey (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/081015/20081015005953.html?.v=1</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3281089889</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:36:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>American Express Helps Business Travelers by Offering 10 Tips for Savings (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/081015/20081015005869.html?.v=1</link><description>NEW YORK----American Express Business Travel, a global industry leader in business travel management and consulting, today published 10 top cost-saving tips for road warriors. With the global economy creating new and mounting pressures on bottom lines across all industries, business travelers can significantly impact the successfulness and efficiency of their companyâs travel program.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3977340667</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:44:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Market shocks crimp small business optimism (at CNNMoney.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/cnnm/rss/SIG=12f1c5sk1/*http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/14/smallbusiness/smallbiz_optimism.smb/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote</link><description>The past month&apos;s financial meltdown spooked small business owners, but poor sales - not credit problems - remain their top concern, a new poll finds.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2728685896</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:33:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fifth Street Finance Corp. Announces $8,000,000 Open Market Share Repurchase Plan and Issues Net Investment Income Guidance Range of 28 to 34 Cents Per Share for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2008 (GlobeNewswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/081015/152214.html</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1993919745</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:22:30 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Some Cities Will Be Safer in a Recession (BusinessWeek)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bizwk/081015/oct2008bw20081014006902.html?.v=1</link><description>Cities with a strong presence in health care, education, law, energy, and the government will feel the impact of a downturn less</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3823362150</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:08:43 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Western Capital Resources Completes Acquisition of PQH, Inc. (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/081015/20081015005285.html?.v=1</link><description>COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa----Western Capital Resources, Inc. , today announced that on October 1, 2008 it completed the acquisition of PQH, Inc. , a Nebraska based business that serves as a dealer for Cricket Communications.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2827029175</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Long Case for Encore Capital (at Seeking Alpha)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/pssa/rss/SIG=128hcnc81/*http://seekingalpha.com/article/99952-the-long-case-for-encore-capital?source=yahoo</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3107386205</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:13:16 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Metavante to Release Third-Quarter 2008 Results (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/081015/20081015005179.html?.v=1</link><description>MILWAUKEE----Metavante Technologies, Inc. is scheduled to release its 2008 third quarter results on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, at 7:00 a.m. EDT. 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