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Pawn stars: My adventures at pawnshops
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I've spent the last month deep in pawnshop heaven for my cover story in DFW magazine, writes blogger Joanna Cattanach. I've been to some shady joints–they had to buzz me in at one place in Arlington, Texas–to great spaces like Loan Star Pawn in Irving, Texas, where I met owner Vincent Santoscoy and spent an afternoon talking to customers and learning about the pawn business from the inside out. What you see on the History Channel's
Pawn Stars is somewhat true. But according to the Keller, Texas-based National Pawnbrokers Association, the average pawn loan is about $80 and the majority of people who use pawnshops are employed. More
Pawnshops are becoming a go-to place for cash in hand
DFW.com
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It's early afternoon at Loan Star Pawn in Irving, Texas, and a handful of regulars — customers, off-duty police officers — are gathered around a coffee table in the center of the room. Pictures of smiling patrons and friends are stuffed under the table's glass top. A few men are eyeing the nearby jewelry cases and a gun rack on the back wall. A mean-looking semi-automatic .22-caliber rifle is
going for $559. One of the men looks interested but doesn't bite. The longer it sits on the shelf, the lower the price will drop.
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Money makeover: $100 bill gets facelift to fight fakes
The Wall Street Journal
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The U.S. government wants you to accept its new Benjamins: its new $100 notes. It hopes that counterfeiters are less pleased. The Treasury Department unveiled what it calls "the
next generation one hundred," a redesigned $100 bank note to stay ahead of counterfeiters. The new $100 notes will be available on Feb.10, 2011.
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Database helps track stolen goods
The Columbus Dispatch
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Sorting through a backlog of pawnshop receipts in January, Reynoldsburg Police detective Michael Binder in Ohio came across a slip for a global-positioning satellite unit. He checked the device against crime reports because auto electronics are popular for theft and resale. Bingo, this one matched a break-in. Binder contacted the pawnbroker, but the
GPS unit had been sold by the time Binder had seen the receipt, and the lead evaporated.
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D.C. Council to weigh permanently tightening curbs on pawnshops
The Washington Post
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The D.C. Council is pushing to tighten regulation of pawnshops in the city and give residents a stronger voice in where they open, after a lengthy battle over plans to put a pawnshop in a Northwest Washington neighborhood. Pawnshop oversight legislation sponsored by council member
Muriel Bowser won unanimous approval as an emergency measure; the council is expected to discuss a permanent measure next month. The action follows a nearly three-month effort by some residents and business owners to stop Famous Pawn from moving into a vacant real estate.
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How the health care bill affects small business
Bloomberg via BusinessWeek
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The health care reform law, all 2,400-plus pages of it, won't be fully implemented until 2018. While some self-employed people and small employers won't see any effects for a few years, others will feel the impact almost immediately. This article outlines some milestones entrepreneurs will want to watch.
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Thieves Hit Pawnshops; Ohio law enforcement, shop owners join forces
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Criminals breaking into homes and cars and stealing your valuables are trying to make a quick buck by selling to pawnshops. Many of them think they are outsmarting the police and their victims by taking the stolen goods to a different county. According to Fairfield County Sheriff’s officials in
Ohio, Rodney Hunckler and Joy Nutt stand accused of a series of burglaries covering several townships. Now, officials are trying to figure out just how far the pair and others are going to get rid of stolen items—sometimes across several counties. It was not too long ago that Dave Wightman, owner of A&A Pawn in Lancaster, Ohio, said Hunckler come into his shop.
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Gold falls as dollar's advance may curb demand from investors
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Gold fell from a one-week high in London as the dollar's advance may curb demand from
investors seeking an alternative investment. The dollar climbed against the euro after German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told the Bild-am-Sonntag newspaper yesterday that Germany’s aid for Greece to help pay off debts can still be rejected. The metal priced in euros and Swiss francs climbed to records. Gold priced in dollars last year moved inversely to the U.S. currency.
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