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Folsom NEWS - BFC Financial buys 2M bankatlantic shares - Bizjournals.com

BFC Financial buys 2M bankatlantic shares - Bizjournals.com

BFC Financial buys 2M bankatlantic shares
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Fort Lauderdale-based BFC Financial Corp. increased its majority ownership stake in bankatlantic Bancorp by recently buying 2 million shares of its Class A stock on the open market, BFC said in a news release Thursday. The purchase by BFC (Pink Sheets: ...

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China Shares End Up On Bargain Hunting In Financial Firms - Wall Street Journal

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China Shares End Up On Bargain Hunting In Financial Firms
Wall Street Journal
SHANGHAI (Dow Jones)--Late-session bargain hunting in financial companies, partly on gains in Asian bourses, sent China shares higher Thursday. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks both A and B shares, ended up 1.4% at 2379.88. ...
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Sumitomo Mitsui Posts $3.9 Billion Loss - New York Times

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Sumitomo Mitsui Posts $3.9 Billion Loss
New York Times, United States
By BETTINA WASSENER HONG KONG — Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, one of Japan’s three so-called “megabanks,” on Thursday reported a full-year loss of nearly $4 billion and said it planned to raise $8 billion via a new share offer. ...
Sumitomo Mitsui FG Expects FY Loss,To Issue More Shrs Wall Street Journal
Sumitomo Mitsui ‘Reality Check’ Hints at Cracks in Bank Capital Bloomberg
Fitch may cut largest Japanese banks' credit ratings Reuters
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New program intends to bring needful financial planning to Oakland ... - San Jose Mercury News

New program intends to bring needful financial planning to Oakland ...
San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bank On Oakland is a program pairing community organizations with financial institutions to make the sometimes-forbidding world of personal banking more accessible and understandable, officials said. "This is largely about giving ...

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US Stocks Higher; Financials Gain On Wells Fargo Remarks - Wall Street Journal

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US Stocks Higher; Financials Gain On Wells Fargo Remarks
Wall Street Journal
By Peter A. McKay and Geoffrey Rogow Upbeat remarks from Wells Fargo sparked big gains in the financial sector, which led the broader market higher on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 171 points, north of 8000. ...
Stocks Jump On Financial-Sector Rally Forbes
Financial Winners and Losers: Wells Fargo TheStreet.com
Wells Fargo's big profits, and what that means for the financial ... TIME
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Meet the CEO: John Koelmel of First Niagara - Bizjournals.com

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Meet the CEO: John Koelmel of First Niagara
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John Koelmel is CEO of First Niagara Financial Group Inc., the newest entrant into Pittsburgh's banking sector. First Niagara Financial Group CEO John Koelmel, 56, was a career accounting executive hired by First Niagara as CFO in early 2004. ...
First Niagara Financial Group Rose to Nearly Two-Month High Tuesday RTT News
First Niagara Up On Deal For National City Branches Wall Street Journal
PNC Sells Branches to First Niagara, Marquette Bloomberg
Philadelphia Inquirer - MarketWatch
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Fed's Hoenig: Ad Hoc Approach To Credit Troubles Problematic - Wall Street Journal

Fed's Hoenig: Ad Hoc Approach To Credit Troubles Problematic
Wall Street Journal
By Michael S. Derby Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--A veteran Federal Reserve official argued Thursday against what he sees as an ad hoc official response to the credit crisis, and said insolvent financial institutions should be resolved ...
Hoenig Says Few Big US Banks to Need More Bailouts Bloomberg
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KC Fed chief says fix not yet made Omaha World-Herald
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Some Financial Cos' Pensions Fell In 2008, But Others Gained - Wall Street Journal

Some Financial Cos' Pensions Fell In 2008, But Others Gained
Wall Street Journal
By Lynn Cowan Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES US banks and other financial companies' pensions came into 2008 better funded than in other industries, but some took a beating during the market meltdown while others actually gained ground. ...

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US Bank to buy part of AmeriServ Financial - Bizjournals.com

US Bank to buy part of AmeriServ Financial
Bizjournals.com, NC
US Bank will acquire the corporate trust bond administration business of AmeriServ Financial Inc., the companies announced Wednesday. The AmeriServ acquisition will increase US Bank’s presence in the Pennsylvania market, and increases US Bank’s ...
US Bancorp to buy AmeriServ's corp bond business Reuters
US Bank to take over AmeriServ's corporate trust bond ... Trading Markets (press release)
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