Stock prices for a pair of payday lenders with major operations in Ohio have taken a beating since state lawmakers started moving a bill that threatens to shut down the industry. Stocks for Cash America International, which announced Thursday that it expects to close its 139 Ohio stores, finished the day yesterday at $36. The company operates 246 Ohio stores and said in a news release Thursday that it does not think it will be “economically viable for it to continue operations” under the proposed law. Of the $707 million in revenue for Advance America in 2007, nearly $68 million came from Ohio stores, which were generally more profitable than stores in other states. Read More