Banking News

In Hindsight: Obama visits Facebook; for Apple, a record quarter

17:37:36 | 24/04/2011 - Source: San Jose Mercury News

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Facebook co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg after speaking at a town hall event at the Palo Alto headquarters of Facebook on April 20, 2011.

Songwriter finds her way

13:33:01 | 24/04/2011 - Source: Journal Gazette

Ever since Lauren Pritchard was a teenager, she dreamed of becoming a singer-songwriter - a goal she pursued with almost singular determination, even passing up a coveted opportunity to achieve it.

$5,000 cab ride: N.Y. to L.A. Six days. One 'shower.'

09:18:28 | 24/04/2011 - Source: Christian Science Monitor

Why take a $5,000 cab ride? Idea hatched at a birthday party. New York taxi cabs speed down Broadway near the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 42nd street in Times Square in this May 5, 2005, file photo.

The sunken conversation pit at the Miller House is believed to be the ...

04:58:52 | 24/04/2011 - Source: Indianapolis Star

IMA's Miller House and Garden: Learn more about the historic Irwin Miller home that was acquired and renovated by the Indianpolis Museum of Art.

Suffolk Notebook: Sawicki Rules out Run for County Exec

20:34:40 | 23/04/2011 - Source: Patch.com

Levy says New York State owes Suffolk $111 million; grant for green jobs gets through committee; women meet to promote equal wages.

JPMorgan Chase settles lawsuit with military families

16:30:04 | 23/04/2011 - Source: American City Business Journals

JPMorgan Chase and the U.S. Marine Corps agreed to resolve a class action lawsuit over financial protections due military customers.

Catherine Zeta-Jones to Rock Ages

12:10:32 | 23/04/2011 - Source: WZVN

Catherine Zeta-Jones has signed on for the upcoming big-screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Rock of Ages , UsMagazine.com reports.

The Scoop

08:00:55 | 23/04/2011 - Source: Journal Gazette

Fort Wayne, Ind. As Vera Bradley's employment numbers rise, so does the need for more space.

Mizuho Bank head to resign over computer glitch-newspaper

04:01:19 | 23/04/2011 - Source: Reuters

The head of Mizuho Bank, the retail banking unit of Japan's second-largest lender Mizuho Financial Group , will resign by June over a massive computer glitch, the Asahi newspaper reported on Saturday.

Associated Bank posts quarterly profit

23:51:54 | 22/04/2011 - Source: American City Business Journals

Associated Banc-Corp said its first-quarter net income was $15.4 million, or 9 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $33.8 million, or 20 cents per share, a year earlier.

Profits up for firms serving area

19:42:03 | 22/04/2011 - Source: Journal Gazette

Three banks with branches in northeast Indiana announced higher first-quarter profits Thursday.

Umpqua profit tops Wall Street estimates

15:37:29 | 22/04/2011 - Source: Puget Sound Business Journal

Umpqua CEO Ray Davis has guided the bank to a turnaround that's evident in the bank's first-quarter results.

PNC 'off to a very good start'

11:27:52 | 22/04/2011 - Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

By Thomas Olson , PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, April 21, 2011 Last updated: 7:57 pm PNC Financial Services Group is headed for a solid year financially, its chief executive said Thursday after the bank reported that net income more than doubled to $833 million in the first quarter.

BB&T 1Q income up to $225M

03:13:54 | 22/04/2011 - Source: American City Business Journals

Kelly King, CEO of Winston-Salem-based BB&T Corp., credits improving economic conditions and declining credit costs with the bank's 20 percent increase in profit in the first quarter versus a year ago.

SunTrust posts $180 million first-quarter profit

18:54:16 | 21/04/2011 - Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle

SunTrust Banks Inc. The Atlanta-based bank holding company swung to a first-quarter profit, overcoming charges related to repaying TARP.