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To: long-gone who wrote (75872)	9/5/2001 9:57:09 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116897

On the same lines: Tuesday September 4 7:46 PM ET Providian Warns About Earnings By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Providian Financial Corp.'s shares plunged 22 percent Tuesday after the credit card giant warned that a slowdown in consumer spending will crimp its earnings growth for the rest of this year, and next year too. The San Francisco-based company, the nation's fifth-largest issuer of Mastercards and Visa credit cards, said its earnings this year will range from $3.20 to $3.25 per share, down from the consensus estimate of $3.28 per share among analysts polled by Thomson Financial/First Call. (cont) dailynews.yahoo.com