by Data Age | Jun 6, 2014 | Industry, News
An employee of a local pawn shop was charged Thursday for what police said what his role in encouraging people to bring him stolen merchandise he would then sell online. Mark D. Kline, 45, of the 4900 block of Starwood Drive, is charged with corrupt business influence...
by Data Age | Jun 6, 2014 | Industry, News
DUBUQUE, Iowa — As the school year wraps up at Dubuque Senior High School, Fiona Li will leave behind all of the friends she’s made here and return to home to China. Li said, “Everywhere I go I bring my I-pod with me. I take lots of pictures. “The I-pod has captured...
by Data Age | Jun 5, 2014 | Business, Industry, News
EZCorp Inc., an Austin-based payday lender and pawn shop chain, has appointed former PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP executive Charles Bauer to its board of directors. Bauer will be chair of the Audit Committee, effective July 1, the company said in a statement. His 34...
by Mid-States Recycling | Jun 5, 2014 | Buying Gold.edu, Gold & Jewelry, Industry
In the last 5-6 years the number of new “Gold Refiners” opening doors had run rampant. This happened as a result of the “Cash for Gold Craze” that swept the globe. Many of these new Precious Metal consumers or processors had little to no experience in the industry,...
by Data Age | Jun 5, 2014 | Business, Gold & Jewelry, Industry, News
Argor Heraeus SA-branded one kilogram gold bars are arranged for a photograph at the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society in Hong Kong. Bullion, which slid last year by the most since 1981 as some investors lost faith in the metal as a store of value, rebounded 11...
by Marc Cohen | Jun 5, 2014 | Business, Industry, Laws, News
This IS big news (Seattle minimum wage to $15.00 per hr) and places Seattle’s Pawnbrokers at a disadvantage…workers making more money, may not need the financial services of a pawnbroker as much. Seattle’s city council on Monday unanimously approved...
