repurchaser

It's not the most aggressive repurchaser in the market, but it has reduced its share count by 20 per cent since the turn of the century.

Countywide, unemployment is 14.5 percent and the average wage is $8.72 an hour, but a more palpable measure of the area's financial state is the generous presence downtown of pawnshops and all manner of loan-fixer and car-title repurchaser.