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Running a credit-card portfolio is a banking business. Retailers make lousy bankers ... so receivables tend to be inert in their hands.

Theodore Iacobuzio

You really need to look at the turnover (of these two items), ... How fast is the company turning over receivables and inventories into cash compared to its competitors in the industry?

Richard Loth

That tends to cause accounts receivables that they report to us every quarter to be understated.

Sanjiv Hingorani

The big standout was US cards -- weak even excluding the charge, due to margin compression and a big drop in receivables.

Glenn Schorr