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		<title>(BCS) Barclays to Sell BlackRock Stake</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/05/23/bcs-barclays-to-sell-blackrock-stake/100778</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mizuho Financial Group Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to meet the Basel III capital requirements and boost profitability, Barclays PLC (BCS) has decided to sell its 19.6% stake (about 35.2 million shares) in BlackRock Inc. (BLK). The company will dispose approximately 26.2 million shares of BlackRock in an underwritten public offering at a price of $160.00 per share. Additionally, BlackRock would buyback nearly 6.4 million shares for $1.0 billion. With regard to the public offering, the underwriters – Morgan Stanley (MS), BofA Merrill Lynch, a unit of Bank of America Corporation (BAC), and Barclays Capital Inc. – have a 30 days option to purchase extra 2.6 million BlackRock shares from Barclays. If the book-runners fully exercise their options, the company will completely exit from BlackRock. Barclays will receive net proceeds of about £3.5 billion ($5.5 ]]></description>
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		<title>(PNC) PNC Financial Services Group Hikes Dividend &#8211; Announces Share Buyback</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/10/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-hikes-dividend-announces-share-buyback/98107</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is finally something official for the shareholders of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC) to cheer for.  The company has announced a 14% hike in its quarterly dividend. Moreover, PNC Financial also intends to buy back up to $250 million of common stock under its existing 25 million share repurchase program during the remainder of 2012. The Details The increased quarterly cash dividend now stands at 40 cents per share, up 5 cents from 35 cents paid earlier. This new dividend payment date is May 5, 2012, payable the next business day, to shareholders of record as of the close of business April 17, 2012. Moreover, the company plans to buy back up to $250 million of common stock under its existing 25 million share repurchase program. The shares ]]></description>
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		<title>(GS) Federal Reserve to Fine Eight Other Banks for Foreclosure Mess</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/03/22/gs-federal-reserve-to-fine-eight-other-banks-for-foreclosure-mess/96108</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[MET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MetLife Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SunTrust Banks Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After penalizing the country’s five largest mortgage servicers last month, the Federal Reserve now plans to fine eight other banks for foreclosure abuses. This was stated by Suzanne G. Killian, a senior associate director of the Fed, at a congressional hearing in Brooklyn. The banks that were held responsible for wrongly foreclosing homeowners’ properties include EverBank, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), HSBC Holdings Plc (HBC), PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), MetLife Inc. (MET), OneWest Bank, SunTrust Banks (STI) and U.S. Bancorp (USB). However, the amounts of penalties have not been disclosed. The nation’s mortgage servicers were under the radar for the alleged used of ‘robo-signers’ ? employees who sign hundreds of documents a day without verifying decisive information like the previously outstanding amounts of borrowers. This was the main ]]></description>
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		<title>(GS) Banking on a Turnaround? &#8211; Investment Ideas</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/21/gs-banking-on-a-turnaround-investment-ideas/90584</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can we really have a rally without the financials? Earnings have been mixed for the financials. Let’s take a deeper look at the players in each segment and see if we can’t come to a consensus as to whether or not a rally can be supported. The Zacks Rank for most of these banks is a #3 Rank (Hold) with only Goldman Sachs (GS) having a Zanks #5 Rank (Strong Sell). Investment Banks The capital markets have been weak, especially with the “IPO window” getting slammed shut around the time that Groupon was looking to make its public offering. Goldman Sachs (GS) beat on the bottom line but missed on the top line and saw revenues decline 30% year over year. The beat was the result of significant cost cutting. ]]></description>
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		<title>(GS) Earnings Season Hits Full Throttle</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/18/gs-earnings-season-hits-full-throttle/90420</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/18/gs-earnings-season-hits-full-throttle/90420#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Northern Trust Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Germany paid the lowest interest rate in its history in a  two-year bond auction this morning, even as the country lowered its economic growth outlook for 2012. The World Bank also came out with a lowered growth outlook for the global economy this year, but there is hardly anything newsy there as the markets have been sizing up these growth questions for awhile now. On the domestic economic front, we have the PPI and Industrial Production reports on deck, but the focus today will be on the busy earnings calendar. The most important earnings report this morning is from Goldman Sachs (GS), which came out with an earnings beat, though its revenue numbers missed expectations. Earnings estimates for the Wall Street titan had come down significantly in recent weeks to ]]></description>
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		<title>(PNC) PNC Financial Services Group Beefs Up Atlanta Portfolio</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/14/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-beefs-up-atlanta-portfolio/88461</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/14/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-beefs-up-atlanta-portfolio/88461#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flagstar Bancorp Inc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC) is in an expansion mode. Last week, the company completed acquiring the 27-branch retail bank franchise in Georgiafrom Flagstar Bank, a subsidiary of Flagstar Bancorp Inc. (FBC). Flagstar Bank sold the leases associated with the branches and the associated businesses and retail deposits worth approximately $210 million at the closing.  PNC paid the Bank net book value of the acquired real estate and fixed and other personal assets associated with the branches. A Win-Win situation The deal is a strategic fit for both PNC Financial and Flagstar Bank. For PNC Financial the acquisition will expand operations in Atlanta and add to its competitive edge. With over 70 branches located in the Atlanta metro area, including those that it plans to add from its pending ]]></description>
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		<title>(BBT) Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s Revises Regional Bank Ratings</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/07/bbt-standard-poors-revises-regional-bank-ratings/88196</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In yet another round of credit ratings revision, Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s (S&#38;P) announced changes in credit ratings for 31 regional banks. The list includes 28 publicly traded parent company banks, a non-public entity Bank of North Dakota and a couple of North American units of European banks. Some of the banks whose ratings were lowered by S&#38;P included– BB&#38;T Corporation (BBT), Commerce Bancshares Inc. (CBSH), PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), U.S.Bancorp. (USB) and Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS). Ratings for these banks were downgraded by one notch. However, S&#38;P did not change the ratings of some banks including –First Horizon National Corporation (FHN), First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (FNFG), Huntington Bancshares Inc. (HBAN), KeyCorp (KEY), M&#38;T Bank Corp. (MTB), People&#8217;s United Financial Inc. (PBCT), Regions Financial Corp. (RF), SunTrust Banks Inc. ]]></description>
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		<title>(MA) MasterCard in mCommerce Tie</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/05/ma-mastercard-in-mcommerce-tie/88035</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/05/ma-mastercard-in-mcommerce-tie/88035#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an attempt to expand its mobile commerce (mCommerce) platform, yesterday, MasterCard Inc. (MA) announced a global strategic alliance with mFoundry. The latter is a well-positioned mobile banking solutions provider in the US with seven years of experience. Besides the collaboration, MasterCard also agreed upon being a leading investor in mFoundry to strengthen the combined mCommerce initiative. However, the terms of the deal remain undisclosed. As a result of the alliance, mFoundry’s mobile banking software solutions will align with MasterCard’s Tap &#38; Go PayPass technology, which functions on near field communication (NFC) process. This will enhance and ease the customer’s mobile experience. The consumers can now make secure payments and transfer funds through the NFC-oriented PayPass terminal at any of MasterCard’s merchants and mFoundry’s over 560 banks and credit unions, ]]></description>
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		<title>(AAPL) A Busy Week Ahead &#8211; Earnings Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/17/aapl-a-busy-week-ahead-earnings-preview/85152</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/17/aapl-a-busy-week-ahead-earnings-preview/85152#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earnings Preview 10/14/11 While the earnings season kicked off this past week, only 38 firms reported. The game really gets under way next week, when we will get reports from 336 firms, including 99 members of the S&#38;P 500. Thus, by the end of the week we will have a very good idea of how the overall season will go. Not only will there be a lot of reports, but many of those we get will be very important ones. The table at the end of this report reads like a who’s who of American industry, including: Apple (AAPL), American Express (AXP), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), General Electric (GE), Goldman Sachs (GS), IBM (IBM), Intel (INTC) and McDonald’s (MCD). And that&#8217;s just the first half of the alphabet! ]]></description>
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		<title>(PNC) PNC Financial Services Group Sells Senior Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/21/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-sells-senior-notes/83688</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/21/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-sells-senior-notes/83688#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, PNC Funding Corporation, a unit of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC), announced the sale of 5-year senior notes with a maturity value of $1.25 billion. PNC Financial sold the notes at a coupon rate of 2.7% and an issue price of $99.879. The notes will mature on September 19, 2016, yielding 2.726% with spread of 185 basis points higher than Treasuries. The interest will be paid semi-annually, with the first payment due on March 19, 2012. The new notes has been rated A3 by Moody&#8217;s Investors Service, a credit rating arm of  Moody&#8217;s Corporation (MCO), A+ by Fitch and A by Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, a division of JPMorgan Chase &#38; Co. (JPM), PNC Capital Markets LLC and Bank of America Corporation (BAC) are ]]></description>
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		<title>(BAC) Investigating The Decline of U.S. Retail Banks</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/10/bac-investigating-the-decline-of-u-s-retail-banks/80977</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/10/bac-investigating-the-decline-of-u-s-retail-banks/80977#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marathon Oil Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Justin Dove, Investment U Research Tuesday, August 9, 2011 There was a time when a trip to the bank would take quite awhile. Friday payday lines were sometimes unbearable. Banks even stocked lollipops to keep restless children quiet during the long waits. Skip to 2011 and many bank branches are a ghost town. There are rarely long lines and the staffs are noticeably smaller… Technology enables many people to avoid branches altogether. Direct deposit, ATMs and online banking make it too easy to skip an extra errand in our busy lives. But branches losing foot traffic is more symbolic than anything. After all, the bank will still collect income on investments of deposits. They’ll also still cash in on numerous fees (which continue to rise). However, there are some ]]></description>
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		<title>(NTRS) Northern Trust Acquires Omnium</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/03/ntrs-northern-trust-acquires-omnium/80305</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/03/ntrs-northern-trust-acquires-omnium/80305#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) completed the acquisition of Omnium LLC, a leading hedge fund administrator, from Citadel. The acquisition of Omnium, which has around $70 billion in assets under administration, will enhance Northern Trust’s capabilities and create an industry-leading hedge fund administration platform for institutional investors. Omnium will be integrated into Northern Trust’s Corporate &#38; Institutional Services business unit as Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services, LLC. It will provide comprehensive administrative and middle office services including trade processing, valuation, real-time reporting, cash management, accounting, collateral management and investor servicing to hedge funds and large institutional investors. Northern Trust has made investments in businesses to serve its clients in the U.S. and around the world uninterruptedly. In December 2010, the company announced the acquisition of Waterline Partners, a top ]]></description>
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		<title>(PNC) PNC Financial Services Group to Get 27 Flagstar Branches</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/28/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-to-get-27-flagstar-branches/80046</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/28/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-to-get-27-flagstar-branches/80046#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flagstar Bancorp Inc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC) is on an acquisition spree. The company has signed a definitive agreement to purchase 27 branches from Flagstar Bank, a subsidiary of Flagstar Bancorp Inc. (FBC). Under the deal terms, PNC will acquire 21 and lease 6 branches located in Atlanta, Georgia. Based on balances as of June 30, 2011, PNC will assume around $240 million of deposits associated with these branches. PNC will purchase fixed assets and acquired real estates related to these branches for the net book value for about $42 million. Neither any deposit premium will be paid nor will any loans be purchased in the transaction. The deal is expected to close in December 2011. It is, however, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. The deal is a ]]></description>
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		<title>(PNC) PNC Financial Services Group Offers $1 Billion Preferred Stock</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/26/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-offers-1-billion-preferred-stock/79845</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/26/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-offers-1-billion-preferred-stock/79845#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC) has offered $1 billion of perpetual preferred stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The capital infusion through this offering would be used by PNC Financial for general corporate purposes, including funding of the pending RBC Bank (USA) acquisition. The coupon rate is 6.75% and the joint book-running managers of the offering are Bank of America Corp. (BAC), JPMorgan Chase &#38; Company(JPM) and Morgan Stanley (MS). Notably, in June 2011, PNC Financial announced its plan to purchase RBC Bank (USA), the U.S. retail banking subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (RY), and has also signed a definitive agreement in this context. This $3.45 billion worth acquisition would help PNC Financial to expand its footprint in the Southeast markets. The purchase ]]></description>
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		<title>(BBND) Company News for July 21, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/21/bbnd-company-news-for-july-21-2011-corporate-summary/79542</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/21/bbnd-company-news-for-july-21-2011-corporate-summary/79542#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBND]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BigBand Networks Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cintas Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[E*TRADE Financial Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ECL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecolab Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manhattan Associates Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Murphy Oil Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nalco Holding Company]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Piper Jaffray Companies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[•    PNC Financial Services (NYSE:PNC) reported Q2 EPS of $1.67, above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.47 per share. Revenues fell 7.9% year-over-year to $3.60 billion •    Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) reported Q2 EPS of $0.59, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimates of $0.51 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 22% year-over-year to $13.1 billion •    Share prices of digital video equipment maker BigBand Networks, Inc.  (NASDAQ:BBND) gained 9.22% after the company added AT&#38;T Inc. (NYSE:T) to its list of customers for its media service platform •    Uniform provider Cintas Corp.’s (NASDAQ:CTAS) share prices increased more than 9% after the company’s released its 2012 earnings forecast which exceeded expectations •    E-TRADE Financial Corp.’s (NASDAQ:ETFC) biggest shareholder Citadel LLC asked the online retail broker to convene a special meeting to discuss alternatives to ]]></description>
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		<title>(AAPL) 2011 Second Quarter Earnings Preview &#8211; Detailed</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/18/aapl-2011-second-quarter-earnings-preview-detailed/79251</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/18/aapl-2011-second-quarter-earnings-preview-detailed/79251#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Computers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[8x8 Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Air Products & Chemicals Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alaska Air Group Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alliance Data Systems Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earnings Preview 7/15/11 Second quarter earnings season is now under way, but things really start to move into high gear next week. There will be 348 firms reporting, and 108 of those are in the S&#38;P 500. By next Friday we should have a very good handle on how the overall earnings season will go. The firms reporting this week are sort of like a who&#8217;s who of U.S. industry including: Apple (AAPL), American Express (AXP), Bank of America (BAC), Caterpillar (CAT), General Electric (GE), International Business Machines (IBM), Intel (INTC), McDonald&#8217;s (MCD), Schlumberger (SLB) and Verizon (VZ). That is an interesting cross section of U.S. business. We have a relatively light economic data calendar, so earnings should be front and center, along with the sovereign debt situations on both ]]></description>
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		<title>(BK) Bank of New York Mellon Closes Talon Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/11/bk-bank-of-new-york-mellon-closes-talon-deal/78590</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/11/bk-bank-of-new-york-mellon-closes-talon-deal/78590#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BK) announced the completion of its acquisition of Chicago-based Talon Asset Management’s wealth management arm, which presently has over $800 million in assets under management. BNY Mellon had announced the deal in April but did not disclose the terms of the agreement. The company stated that the transaction does not include Talon’s hedge fund and private equity businesses. The acquired unit will be integrated into the company’s Investment Management business. Talon, currently managing $1.2 billion in assets, is a diversified investment management firm that primarily focuses on delivering superior risk-adjusted returns. It is one of the leading independent investment managers in Chicago. BNY Mellon also commented that Talon employees have become a part of BNY Mellon Wealth Management. Furthermore, Talon’s senior executives ]]></description>
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		<title>(PNC) PNC Financial Services Group Analyst Stays Neutral</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/08/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-analyst-stays-neutral/78637</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/08/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-analyst-stays-neutral/78637#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have reiterated our Neutral recommendation on PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC).  The reaffirmation follows a detailed analysis of the company’s fundamentals, its strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and recent acquisitions sprees as well as the current economic environment. PNC Financial’s first-quarter 2011 adjusted earnings of $1.57 per share were ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.37. Results reflected a substantial contraction in provision for credit losses, lower non-interest expenses, a strong balance sheet and an improved credit quality. However, revenues were lower due to a challenging operating environment. PNC Financial stands solid from the balance sheet perspective. The company was core funded with a loan to deposit ratio of 82% as of March 31, 2011 and a strong bank liquidity position to support growth. We expect the company to ]]></description>
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		<title>(AFAM) Company News for June 21, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/21/afam-company-news-for-june-21-2011-corporate-summary/76924</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/21/afam-company-news-for-june-21-2011-corporate-summary/76924#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harbin Electric Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[•    Manufacturer and distributors of stainless steel and titanium products, Carpenter Technology (NYSE:CRS)  has concluded a merger agreement with Latrobe Specialty Metals as per which the former will acquire the latter in a deal worth around $558 million •    Shares of PNC Financial Services (NYSE:PNC) fell marginally, by 1.96% after the company announced it was acquiring the U.S. retail banking operations of the Royal Bank of Canada for $3.45 billion •    Chinese electric-motor manufacturer Harbin Electric (NASDAQ:HRBN) has entered into a definitive agreement as per which it will be acquired by a company owned by Chairman and Chief Executive Tianfu Yang for $744 million •    Share prices of Agrium Inc. (NYSE:AGU) jumped 4.05% to close at $82.98 after the company increased its outlook for second quarter earnings. Agrium said strong ]]></description>
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		<title>(PNC) PNC Financial Services Group Acquiring Royal Bank of Canada Unit</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/20/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-acquiring-royal-bank-of-canada-unit/76843</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC) is purchasing RBC Bank (USA), the U.S. retail banking subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (RY) and have signed a definitive agreement in this context. The acquisition of this RBC banking business for $3.45 billion would help PNC to expand its footprint in the Southeast markets. The purchase price of the RBC unit, which has approximately $25 billion of assets, represents $112 million discount to tangible book value. The Deal Details The deal would augment PNC’s network with additional 424 RBC branches located in North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia and South Carolina. This would result in PNC becoming the 5th among U.S. banks with 2,870 branches. Moreover, PNC would inherit $19 billion in deposits and $16 billion in loans from this transaction. In ]]></description>
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		<title>(NTRS) Northern Trust Looks To Be On An Acquisition Spree</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/06/ntrs-northern-trust-looks-to-be-on-an-acquisition-spree/74426</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/06/ntrs-northern-trust-looks-to-be-on-an-acquisition-spree/74426#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Northern Trust Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) is on an acquisition spree. The latest acquisition that the company has agreed to is that of Omnium LLC, a leading hedge fund administrator, from Citadel. The acquisition of Omnium, which has around $70 billion in assets under administration, will enhance Northern Trust’s capabilities and create an industry-leading hedge fund administration platform for institutional investors. The deal is subject to regulatory approvalsand customary closing conditions, and is expected to close by the third quarter of 2011. Northern would pay at least $100 million for this acquisition and according to its spokesman, the purchase price could go over $100 million as it would correlate with Omnium’s performance. Omnium will be integrated into Northern Trust’s Corporate &#38; Institutional Services business unit as Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services, LLC. ]]></description>
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		<title>(BAC) Big Banks Raise Fees &#8211; Lose Customers</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/02/bac-big-banks-raise-fees-lose-customers/74146</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/02/bac-big-banks-raise-fees-lose-customers/74146#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Huntington Bancshares Inc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the big U.S. banks are running the risk of losing millions of customers this year following rises in many of their fees, USAToday.com reported yesterday. Increased or new fees along with the retraction of debit card reward programs are making it difficult for customers to continue their basic banking activities. Customers are thus opting alternative institutions like community banks and non-profit credit unions, which charge substantially lower or zero fees to regular customers. The new regulations for protecting consumers and retailers have forced banks to reduce fees for credit cards, debit cards and overdrafts, causing revenue losses in the billions. In a desperate attempt to make up for the lost revenue, banks are now contemplating fee increases. However, the impact of these changes will vary from consumer to ]]></description>
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		<title>(WFC) Wells Fargo First Quarter 2011 Earnings Scorecard</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/03/wfc-wells-fargo-first-quarter-2011-earnings-scorecard/73130</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/03/wfc-wells-fargo-first-quarter-2011-earnings-scorecard/73130#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 01:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Us Bancorp]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wells Fargo &#38; Company (WFC) reported first quarter 2011 earnings of 67 cents per share on April 20 that was in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Quarterly results reflect a decent reserve release and a decrease in expenses, offset by revenue downturns. The market had sufficient time to absorb the earnings news following its release. The majority of analysts covering Wells Fargo have made downward revisions. The top line remains a matter of concern at the company. Earnings Report Review Wells Fargo’s first quarter 2011 earnings of 67 cents per share were in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate but significantly higher than earnings of 45 cents in the year-ago quarter and 61 cents in the prior quarter. Wells Fargo reported reserve release of $1.0 billion (pre tax) attributable ]]></description>
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		<title>(AA) Stock Market News for April 14, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/14/aa-stock-market-news-for-april-14-2011-market-news/71568</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/14/aa-stock-market-news-for-april-14-2011-market-news/71568#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aluminum]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoa Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MetLife Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PNC Financial Services Group Inc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, a choppy session finally came to a close with the benchmarks gaining modest points as the Federal Reserve provided assurances that the economy was improving and President Barack Obama announced plans to cut the U.S. budget deficit by $4 trillion over the next 12 years. Initially, the markets were helped by upbeat earnings result from JPMorgan. However, as investors sensed worrying factors about the bank,financials arrested the markets from making further gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) gained 0.06% to close at 12,270.99. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 Index (S&#38;P 500) rose 0.02% to end at 1,314.41 and the Nasdaq signed off at 2,761.52, gaining 0.61%. The fear gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) fell below 17. Consolidated volumes on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex and ]]></description>
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		<title>(PNC) PNC Financial Services Group Increases Dividend &#8211; Plans Share Buyback</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/09/pnc-pnc-financial-services-group-increases-dividend-plans-share-buyback/71041</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 19:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC) is the latest bank to raise its dividend and announce share buyback plans. With this move, the company joins the bandwagon of Wall Street banks that won Federal regulators approval and hike dividends following the second round of stress test results. PNC’s board of directors declared a 250% increase in quarterly cash dividend and its intention to buy back up to $500 million of common stock during the remainder of 2011. The company will now pay a quarterly cash dividend of 35 cents per share on the common stock, up 25 cents per share from the prior quarter dividend of 10 cents. The new dividend is payable on May 5, to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 18. The share ]]></description>
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		<title>(JPM) ATM Withdrawal Fees Set to Climb Again</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/jpm-atm-withdrawal-fees-set-to-climb-again/69081</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/jpm-atm-withdrawal-fees-set-to-climb-again/69081#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cardtronics Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CATM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some banks have started raising fees (or imposing new ones) on customers who withdraw money from ATMs, according to Wednesday&#8217;s Wall Street Journal. The move is a part of the banks’ strategy to recoup their financials from the impact of various financial regulations. Banks such as JPMorgan Chase &#38; Co. (JPM), PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC) and The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) have already changed their policy regarding ATM usage in order to collect more fee income. Though other banks including Bank of America Corporation (BAC) and Citigroup Inc. (C) have not issued any fresh guidelines about ATM withdrawal fees, they are also contemplating such a move. JPMorgan hiked its ATM fees for withdrawal from non-customers to $4 and $5 in Texas and Illinois, respectively, on a trial basis. These ]]></description>
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		<title>(AXP) Stock Market News for March 21, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/21/axp-stock-market-news-for-march-21-2011-market-news/69284</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Altria Group Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Express Company]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BB & T Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cisco Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Intuit Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lorillard Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NetApp Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PNC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PNC Financial Services Group Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research In Motion Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reynolds American Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The markets, on Friday, edged modestly higher taking a cue from banks getting a go-ahead for raising dividend rates and a weakening Japanese yen. Also, the Libyan government’s decision for a cease-fire helped calm investors down for the moment. However, investor expectations of volatile trading in the weeks ahead, due to unrest in Middle East and the crisis in Japan prevailed and the fear-gauge VIX was up 23% for the week. On the New York Stock Exchange advancers beat the decliners by a ratio of 3:1. The CBOE Volatility Index fell 6.4% on Friday, but was up 23% for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) moved up 0.71% to close at 11,858.52. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 gathered 0.43% and the Nasdaq gained 0.29% to end at 1,279.21 ]]></description>
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		<title>(AXP) Stock Market News for March 9, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/10/axp-stock-market-news-for-march-9-2011-market-news/68348</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake Energy Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lennar Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indices moved out of negative territory on Tuesday, as Bank of America provided assurances of higher profits and an increase in dividends for shareholders. Additionally, crude prices hit a roadblock and eased off by 0.4% as OPEC members consider ramping up production for the first time in two years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) inched up 1% to close at 12214.38 recovering losses made on the previous two trading days. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 closed at 1321.82 after gaining 0.9%. According to Tobias Levkovich, Citigroup’s chief equities strategist, the S&#38;P 500 has gained 94% over the last two years,the best bear market jump since the index closed at 676 on March 9, 2009. Nasdaq moved up 0.7% to finish at 2765.77. The fear gauge CBOE Volatility Index fell ]]></description>
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		<title>(AVP) Stock Market News for Febuary 09, 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/09/avp-stock-market-news-for-febuary-09-2011/66648</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/09/avp-stock-market-news-for-febuary-09-2011/66648#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arcelor Mittal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avon Products Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital One Financial Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[DIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herley Industries Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kindred Healthcare Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MCD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McDonald's Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rehabcare Group Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, markets gained points with the Dow closing higher for the seventh consecutive session, the longest run of gains since July, helped by strong sales figures posted by Mc Donald’s. However, the gains were limited by falling energy prices which were hit by China’s interest rate increase intended to control rising inflation. Fast-food giant McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) has reported strong sales for the month of January around the world except for the US. Reacting to this news, share prices of McDonald’s increased 2.6%. The Dow rose by 0.59% and closed at 12,233.15. The S&#38;P 500 gained 0.42% and ended the day at 1,324.57. The Nasdaq composite edged up 0.47% and closed at 2,797.05. On the New York Stock Exchange, breadth of the market was marginally on the positive side but ]]></description>
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		<title>(CMA) Federal Reserve Devises Dividend Increase Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/11/18/cma-federal-reserve-devises-dividend-increase-plan/59880</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Comerica Incorporated]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the doubling of dividend and share buyback announcement by Comerica Inc. (CMA), the Federal Reserve has devised guidelines that it would follow to grant banks, that undergone stress test in 2009, the permission to increase dividends and buy back shares. The Fed plans to start reviewing the payout requests from the U.S. banks in the first quarter of 2011. It has laid down guidelines on which it will base its decision of approval. A Tier 1 common equity ratio of 5% needs to be maintained after any such payouts. Additionally, the companies must repay or replace any sort of government bailouts, either through preferred or common stock, before opting for such payouts. Moreover, they need to prove that their capital levels are sufficient to absorb losses from any adverse ]]></description>
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		<title>(BAC) A New Housing Foreclosure Mess?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/11/16/bac-a-new-housing-foreclosure-mess/59598</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are the major banks looking at housing troubles and billions of dollars of losses yet again? That is what a new report from the Congressional Oversight Panel seems to warn. According to the report, the chaos resulting from foreclosure paperwork flaws could result in massive losses for banks and a new quandary for the housing market. Rampant paperwork lapses in evaluating the authenticity of information provided in the mortgage documents have embroiled major lenders including Bank of America Corp. (BAC), JPMorgan Chase &#38; Co. (JPM) and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC) in a number of lawsuits by homeowners in the second half of September. As a result, these lenders temporarily suspended foreclosures. According to the new report, financial firms that service a total of $6.4 trillion in mortgages are ]]></description>
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		<title>(BAC) Bank of America and PNC Financial Services Group Sell BlackRock Stake</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/11/15/bac-bank-of-america-and-pnc-financial-services-group-sell-blackrock-stake/59210</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation (BAC) and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC) sold $8.3 billion of stock in the world&#8217;s largest money manager, BlackRock Inc. (BLK), on November 9. The largest stakeholders of BlackRock disposed of their share as this was not vital to their main business. Of the combined 51.1 million shares sold, the biggest public offering in the U.S. this year, BofA contributed 43.6 million and PNC the remaining. The shares were priced at $163 each. BofA, which held 34% of BlackRock, had obtained its stake as part of its acquisition of Merrill Lynch &#38; Co. in 2009. PNC’s 24% stake dated back before 1999, when the New York-based investment firm went public. A substantial portion of the BlackRock sale has been taken up by Japan’s third-biggest bank, ]]></description>
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		<title>(AKS) Company News for November 9, 2010 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/11/09/aks-company-news-for-november-9-2010-corporate-summary/58636</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[• Chevron (NYSE:CVX) announced plans to buy Atlas Energy (NASDAQ:ATLS) for $4.3 billion, or $43.35 per share • Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and PNC (NYSE:PNC) sold $8.3 billion of BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) shares in a secondary offering priced at $163 per share, a 3.6% discount to BlackRock&#8217;s close • Tyco International (NYSE:TYC) reported earnings of $0.74 that beat estimates of $0.66, on a 4% revenue gain to $4.5 billion, above estimates of $4.4 billion • Covidien (NYSE:COV) reported fiscal fourth quarter earnings of $0.84, a dime higher than Zacks estimates, on revenues of $2.67, up 3.1% YoY, and above Zacks estimates of $2.64 billion • Marsh &#38; McLennan (NYSE:MMC) reported third-quarter earnings of $0.30, above Zacks estimates of $0.28, on inline revenues of $2.5 billion, up 7.2% • Priceline.com (NASDAQ:PCLN) posted third quarter earnings of $5.33, above ]]></description>
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		<title>(MCO) Moody&#8217;s Investors Service Chops Ratings of Ten Banks</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/11/04/mco-moodys-investors-service-chops-ratings-of-ten-banks/58040</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Express Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AXP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BBT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital One Financial Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fifth Third Bancorp]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[KEY]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MCO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moody's Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PNC Financial Services Group Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SunTrust Banks Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Us Bancorp]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moody&#8217;s Investors Service, the ratings arm of Moody&#8217;s Corp. (MCO), has lowered the ratings of 10 banks earlier this week on lower expectations for governmental support for these banks. Banks Thumbed Down The banks whose ratings were downgraded are BB&#38;T Corp. (BBT), Capital One Financial Corp. (COF), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), KeyCorp (KEY), PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC), Popular Inc. (BPOP), Regions Financial Corp. (RF), SunTrust Banks Inc. (STI), U.S. Bancorp (USB) and Zions Bancorp (ZION). Additionally, the rating agency lowered the outlook on the subsidiaries of American Express Company (AXP). While the overall ratings – and the downgrades – varied, the deposit ratings of all the regional banks experienced a minimum of one notch of cut. With the severe financial crisis behind us, Moody’s believes that the passage ]]></description>
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		<title>(AET) Company News for November 3, 2010 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/11/03/aet-company-news-for-november-3-2010-corporate-summary/57658</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/11/03/aet-company-news-for-november-3-2010-corporate-summary/57658#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care Plans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aetna Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agrium Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CVS Caremark Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PNC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PNC Financial Services Group Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Q]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qwest Communications International Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RRD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time Warner Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[WellPoint Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[• WellPoint (NYSE:WLP) reported estimate-topping third quarter earnings of $1.74 a share, up from Zacks estimates of $1.58, on revenues of $14.33 billion, above Zacks estimates of $14.22 billion • Aetna (NYSE:AET) topped projections with third quarter results of $0.84 a share, up from Zacks estimates of $0.67, on better-than-expected revenues of $8.54 billion, up from Zacks estimates of $8.33 billion • Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) posted better-than-estimated third-quarter earnings of $0.62 a share, up from Zacks projections of $0.53, on inline revenues of $6.4 billion • CVS Caremark (NYSE:CVS) reported inline third quarter earnings of $0.65 adjusted on revenues of $23.9 billion • Qwest Communications (NYSE:Q) posted third-quarter earnings of $0.11, above Zacks estimates of $0.09, on inline revenues of $2.9 billion • RR Donnelley (NASDAQ:RRD) topped by a penny with third quarter earnings of $0.44 ]]></description>
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		<title>(BAC) Bank Ratings Reduced Under New U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Rule?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/25/bac-bank-ratings-reduced-under-new-u-s-federal-deposit-insurance-corporation-rule/56412</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comerica Incorporated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fifth Third Bancorp]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[JPM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KEY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KeyCorp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PNC]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[RF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Street Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[STT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunTrust Banks Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Us Bancorp]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fitch Ratings has placed the ratings of a number of major banks under review for possible downgrade following a new rule proposed by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Recently, the board of directors of FDIC has voted to approve the rule that details the way it would recognize the &#8220;systemically important&#8221; banks and financial companies under the new Dodd-Frank financial reform law. Though the ratings of a number of banks and bank holding companies are placed under review for a possible downgrade, the credit ratings of Bank of America Corp.(BAC) and Citigroup Inc. (C) are the most threatened as a result of the significant support the companies received from the government. Both these companies received $45 billion in tax-payer funds from the government during the financial crisis. That ]]></description>
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		<title>(JPM) Regulators Close Three More Banks &#8211; U.S. Bank Failures Rise to 132 in 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/18/jpm-regulators-close-three-more-banks-u-s-bank-failures-rise-to-132-in-2010/55544</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[SunTrust Banks Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bank failures continue unabated as the U.S. regulators closed down three more banks on Friday. Out of the three failed banks, two were based in Missouri and one in Kansas. This brings the total number of bank failures to 132 so far in 2010, compared to 140 in 2009, 25 in 2008 and just 3 in 2007. While the bigger banks benefited greatly from the various programs launched by the government, many smaller banks are still weak. Tumbling home prices, soaring loan defaults and a high unemployment rate continue to take their toll on such institutions. Failure of both residential and commercial real estate loans as a result of the credit crisis has primarily hurt banks. With the industry absorbing bad loans made during the credit explosion, the trouble in ]]></description>
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		<title>(JPM) JPMorgan Chase &amp; Company Beats The Street!</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/13/jpm-jpmorgan-chase-company-beats-the-street/55084</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money Center Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase &#38; Company’s (JPM) third quarter earnings came in at $1.01 per share, substantially ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 91 cents. Results also soared from the earnings of 82 cents in the prior-year quarter. The better-than-expected numbers were primarily supported by a slowdown in provision for credit losses, which more than offset a pressure on trading revenues, investment banking revenues and non-interest income. Strong mortgage loan production by Retail Financial Services, higher Card Services sales volume and strong net inflows in Asset Management were also impressive during the quarter. Quarter in Detail Net income available to common shareholders was $4.4 billion, up 23% from $3.6 billion in the prior-year quarter. A significantly lower provision for credit losses primarily drove the results. However, lower revenues and higher non-interest ]]></description>
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		<title>(BAC) Short-Sighted Foreclosure Plans Are Backfiring Now</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/11/bac-shor-sighted-foreclosure-plans-are-backfiring-now/54735</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money Center Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PNC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PNC Financial Services Group Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo & Company]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the rush to get out of the foreclosure crisis, have we dug a bigger hole for ourselves? The biggest lenders have already discovered enough paperwork flaws to suspend their foreclosure processing. As a precautionary measure, lawmakers have asked several other lenders to halt their processes as well, triggering fears of sending the housing crisis into a tailspin. The latest bank under the microscope is Bank of America Corp. (BAC), the largest bank of the nation, which has extended its foreclosure suspension to all 50 states to scrutinize how documents had been handled during home seizures. This move follows the rising concerns of legislators and state prosecutors about whether homes are being seized on the basis of false data. BofA’s latest action expands its 23-state foreclosure suspension announced just last ]]></description>
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		<title>(JPM) U.S. Bank Failures in 2010 Climb to 129</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/04/jpm-u-s-bank-failures-in-2010-climb-to-129/53950</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BB & T Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[JPM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase & Company]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[STI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunTrust Banks Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. regulators on Friday shuttered two more banks in Florida and Washington, pushing up the figure to 129 so far in 2010. This compares with a total number of 140 bank failures in 2009, 25 in 2008 and just 3 in 2007. While the bigger banks benefited greatly from the various programs launched by the government, many smaller banks are still weak. Tumbling home prices, soaring loan defaults and a high unemployment rate continue to take their toll on such institutions. Failure of both residential and commercial real estate loans as a result of the credit crisis has primarily hurt banks. With the industry absorbing bad loans made during the credit explosion, the trouble in the banking system has worsened Incorporatedreasing the possibility of more bank failures. Economic threats emanating ]]></description>
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		<title>(JPM) U.S. Bank Failures Climb to 127 in 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/03/jpm-u-s-bank-failures-climb-to-127-in-2010/52808</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[SunTrust Banks Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bank failures continue unabated as the U.S. regulators closed down two more banks in Florida and Washington on Friday, pushing up the figure to 127 so far in 2010. This compares with a total number of 140 bank failures in 2009, 25 in 2008 and just 3 in 2007. While the bigger banks benefited greatly from the various programs launched by the government, many smaller banks are still weak. Tumbling home prices, soaring loan defaults and a high unemployment rate continue to take their toll on such institutions. Failure of both residential and commercial real estate loans as a result of the credit crisis has primarily hurt banks. With the industry absorbing bad loans made during the credit explosion, the trouble in the banking system has worsened Incorporatedreasing the possibility ]]></description>
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		<title>(BBT) BB&amp;T to Reclassify Non-performing Loans</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/09/15/bbt-bbt-to-reclassify-non-performing-loans/51686</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/09/15/bbt-bbt-to-reclassify-non-performing-loans/51686#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 04:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BBT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNOOC Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fifth Third Bancorp]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PNC]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, while speaking at Barclays Global Financial Services Conference, BB&#38;T Corp.’s (BBT) chief executive officer (CEO) Mr. Kelly King stated that the company will reclassify more than $1 billion non-performing assets (NPAs) into loans held-for-sale in the third quarter 2010. Moreover, the company will try to sell these assets to investors over the next 2-3 quarters. Earlier this year, BB&#38;T had tried to sell problem loans in large blocks but did not receive expected bid values. Currently, the company has decided to sell these loans in small portions to a wider pool of investors. Until second quarter 2010, BB&#38;T refrained from large bad loan sales and write-downs, which many other U.S. banks such as Citigroup Inc. (C) had done profitably since the beginning of financial crisis in 2007-2008. However, ]]></description>
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		<title>(JPM) U.S. Bank Failure Tally Hits 119 in 2010 &#8211; Horizon Bank Fails</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a lull in bank failures for the last week of August and the first week of September, U.S. regulators last Friday shuttered Bradenton, Florida-based Horizon Bank, pushing up U.S. bank failures to 119 so far in 2010. This compares with a total number of 140 bank failures in 2009, 25 in 2008 and just 3 in 2007. While the bigger banks benefited greatly from the various programs launched by the government, many smaller banks are still weak. Tumbling home prices, soaring loan defaults and a high unemployment rate continue to take their toll on such institutions. Failure of both residential and commercial real estate loans as a result of the credit crisis has primarily hurt banks. With the industry absorbing bad loans made during the credit explosion, the trouble ]]></description>
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		<title>(JPM) U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation&#8217;s Problem Bank List Grows &#8211; More Banks Go Bust</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/09/07/jpm-u-s-federal-deposit-insurance-corporations-problem-bank-list-grows-more-banks-go-bust/50110</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a government report released on Tuesday, the number of banks on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) list of problem institutions in the second quarter grew to 829 from 775 in the previous quarter and 416 in the year-ago quarter. This is the highest since the savings and loan crisis in the early 1990s. Banks that feature on the problem list are most likely to fail, though some may still scrape through. As of now, only about 13% of banks on the FDIC&#8217;s problem list have actually failed so far. What is interesting is that this percentage is likely to change; though the problem list is growing at a slower pace, bank failures are accelerating. The How and Why of Bank Failures There have been 118 bank failures ]]></description>
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		<title>(WABC) U.S. Economy Hits 118 Bank Failures in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ongoing economic volatility took its toll on a few more banks last week. Eight more banks including ShoreBank, a big community bank based in Chicago, were shuttered by the U.S. regulators on Friday. This takes the total number of bank failures to 118 so far in 2010, compared with 140 in 2009, 25 in 2008 and 3 in 2007. Although the economy is showing signs of a gradual recovery with the stabilization of large financial institutions, small banks continue to be impacted by tumbling home prices, soaring loan defaults and a high unemployment rate. While we expect the overall economic recovery to gain momentum soon, there remain lingering concerns in the banking industry. Failure of both residential and commercial real estate loans as a result of the credit crisis ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNFG) First Niagara Financial Group Acquires NewAlliance Bancshares</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/08/20/fnfg-first-niagara-financial-group-acquires-newalliance-bancshares/48654</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regional bank First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (FNFG) said on Thursday that it will acquire NewAlliance Bancshares Inc. (NAL) in a $1.5 billion cash and stock deal that would boost its presence in New England. This is the largest unassisted deal announcement in U.S. Banking since the financial crisis in mid 2008. According to Buffalo-based First Niagara, the combined entity would become one of the top 25 banks of the nation, with more than $29 billion in assets which will include more than $14 billion in loans. The shareholders of NewAlliance will get cash or stock at a ratio of 1.1 shares of First Niagara for each NewAlliance share. Investors can also opt for a combination of stock and cash, the banks said in a statement. Based on the closing ]]></description>
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		<title>(BAC) Bank of America Announces Plan to Reduce BlackRock Holding Stake</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Bank of America Corporation (BAC) is planning to sell its 34.1% (64.7 million common and preferred shares) stake in BlackRock Inc. (BLK). BofA is considering this sale as it does not view the BlackRock stake as a core earnings asset. However, no talks have started regarding when and how the company may trim its holdings. This is part of BofA’s effort to reduce investments and units that are not performing well to earn under its retail banking, capital market units, home lending and wealth management. A lock period, which stopped BofA from selling its stake in BlackRock, expired in September 2009. BlackRock still has the first right to refuse buying back shares from the company. However, there remain some limitations regarding how much ]]></description>
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		<title>(JPM) U.S. Bank Failures in 2010 Now Total 110</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/08/16/jpm-u-s-bank-failures-stretch-to-110-analyst-blog/48095</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. regulators on Friday shuttered Palos Heights, Illinois-based Palos Bank and Trust Company, pushing up U.S. bank failures to 110 so far in 2010. This compares with 140 bank failures in 2009, 25 in 2008 and only 3 in 2007. Although the economy is showing signs of a gradual recovery with the stabilization of large financial institutions, small banks continue to be impacted by tumbling home prices, soaring loan defaults and a high unemployment rate. While we expect the overall economic recovery to gain momentum soon, there remain lingering concerns in the banking industry. Failure of both residential and commercial real estate loans as a result of the credit crisis has primarily hurt banks. As the industry absorbs bad loans made during the credit explosion, the trouble in the banking ]]></description>
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		<title>(C) Citigroup Raises Long-Term Debt Estimates</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc. (C) has raised its estimates of long-term debts for full year 2010, according to a recent second quarter 2010 results filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This comes as part of Citi’s efforts to strengthen its structural liquidity and extend the duration of liabilities that support its businesses. For full year 2010, Citi currently expects to issue approximately $18 billion to $21 billion in long-term debt. This is $3 billion to $6 billion above the prior expectations. The projected issuance of $18 billion to $21 billion is lower than the $35 billion of expected maturities during the year. The remaining balance would have to be financed through the company’s strategic capital management initiatives. However, Citi will continue to review and adjust its funding and liquidity requirements for ]]></description>
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		<title>(JPM) Ravenswood Bank Based in Chicago Fails &#8211; Becomes 109th U.S. Failure in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. regulators on Friday shuttered Chicago, Illinois-based Ravenswood Bank, pushing up U.S. bank failures to 109 so far in 2010. This compares with a total number of 140 bank failures in 2009, 25 in 2008 and only 3 in 2007. Although the economy is showing signs of a gradual recovery with the stabilization of large financial institutions, tumbling home prices, soaring loan defaults and a high unemployment rate continue to impact small banks. While we expect the overall economic recovery to gain momentum soon, there remain lingering concerns in the banking industry. Failure of both residential and commercial real estate loans as a result of the credit crisis has primarily hurt banks. As the industry absorbs bad loans made during the credit explosion, the trouble in the banking system goes ]]></description>
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