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Moody's upgrades Rent-A-Center debt

Nov. 24, 2009
Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday upgraded its corporate family debt rating on Rent-a-Center Inc. by one notch within junk territory, now that Rent-a-Center has paid down about $300 million in senior unsecured debt. Moody's said the repayment leaves Rent-a-...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch