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The Motley Fool April 11, 2005 Dayana Yochim	The Score Is Falling! The Score Is Falling! The author reveals the credit reporting world's secret formula and looks at all the ways your money management can monkey with your credit score.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2004 David FitzMaurice	Rates Pinch Credit Card Issuers The Fed's measured increases will affect consumer finance companies' revenue. If you are investing in this sector, realize earnings compression may be just a Fed meeting away.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2004 Dayana Yochim	Beware of Canceling Credit Cards Cutting up old cards could damage your FICO score.
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AskMen.com Michael E. Morgan	Fixing Your Credit Rating The first and most important step of taking control is understanding your credit and not allowing all the myths behind the infamous FICO score to keep you from taking correct steps to a perfect 800+ score.
The Motley Fool December 24, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Will Credit Score Changes Hurt You? If you thought you understood how your credit score works, think again. The rules are changing.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	WaMu's Plastic Play By buying Providian, Washington Mutual has added a credit card business to its retail banking. This move could bump up profitability and growth. Top that off with a pretty good dividend yield, and maybe WaMu becomes a little more attractive to investors again.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2004 Bill Mann	Barclays Rejects Providian British banking giant Barclays has cut off its acquisition talks with U.S. credit card company Providian Financial. The big British bank didn't like the purchase price, or Providian's balance sheet.
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U.S. Banker October 2001 Paul Muolo	Subprime Hot Potato Subprime lending certainly has become a hot potato. While offering potentially high profits, it also carries with it a two-pronged threat. First, losses may mushroom if the economy takes a dive, as many expect. And these loans haven't been stress-tested...
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The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Tom Taulli	Washington Mutual Tries to Get Some Credit Buying credit card company Providian was a good move. But it's not good enough. A big part of the problem here is the flattening of the yield curve. Investors, take note.
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