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Jim Cramer said on CNBC's Mad Money Lightning Round OT that a lot of investors believe that high yielding stocks should be sold, because the interest rates have moved higher. He thinks that Windstream Corporation (NASDAQ: WIN) is fine. He added that it could trade lower, but he likes its yield and...

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Fifth Third Bancorp (NasdaqGS: FITB) announced after the market closed on Wednesday that it beat consensus Wall Street earnings estimates. Fifth Third Bancorp reported 4th quarter net income of $333 million, or 33 cents per share, compared to a loss of $98 million, or 20...

Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) today announced the commencement of a public offering of $1.7 billion of its common stock. The shares will be issued pursuant to a prospectus supplement filed as part of an existing shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on...

Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) today announced the commencement of a public offering of $1.7 billion of its common stock. The shares will be issued pursuant to a prospectus supplement filed as part of an existing shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on...

First Horizon National Corp.'s (NYSE: FHN) board of directors has approved payment of a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $.01 per share. The dividend is payable on April 1, 2011, to the common shareholders of record on March 11, 2011. This marks a return to paying the quarterly...

Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) today reported full year 2010 net income of $753 million compared with net income of $737 million in 2009. 2010 net income available to common shareholders was $503 million or $0.63 per diluted share compared with 2009 net income of $511 million or $0.67 per...

The First Bancorp (Nasdaq: FNLC), today announced unaudited results for the year ended December 31, 2010. Net income was $12.1 million, down $926,000 or 7.1% from 2009. Earnings per common share on a fully diluted basis were $1.10 for the year ended December 31, 2010, down $0.12 or 9.8% from the $1...

Horizon Bancorp (NASDAQ: HBNC) today announced its unaudited financial results for the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2010. SUMMARY: Horizon's 2010 results represent the Company's eleventh consecutive year of record earnings. Horizon's net income for the twelve months...

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation's (BK) fourth-quarter earnings from continuing operationsof 55 cents per share came in 2 cents below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 57 cents. BNY Mellon experienced sequential and year-over-year increases in assets under custody and administration during...

Union Bankshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNB) today announced Net Income for the fourth quarter 2010 of $1.38 million or $0.31 per share compared to $1.28 million or $0.29 per share for 2009. Net Income for the year ended December 31, 2010 was $5.59 million or $1.25 per share compared to $5.23 million or $1...

Today, First Community Corporation (Nasdaq: FCCO), the holding company for First Community Bank, reported net income available to common shareholders for the fourth quarter of 2010 and for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2010. Net income for the fourth quarter was $230 thousand as compared to...

The board of directors of Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUSQ) has declared a first quarter dividend of $0.01 per common share, payable on February 18, 2011 to shareholders of record February 2, 2011. In addition, Susquehanna announced that it has repurchased the warrant that was issued to...

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation's (BK) fourth-quarter earnings from continuing operationsof 55 cents per share came in 2 cents below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 57 cents. BNY Mellon experienced sequential and year-over-year increases in assets under custody and administration during...

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN) today announced that it has repurchased the warrant the company had issued to the U.S. Department of the Treasury as part of the TARP Capital Purchase Program. Huntington and the U.S. Department of the Treasury agreed upon a repurchase price of $...

Shares of BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE: BXS) are lower on the session by 1.74%, trading at $15.26. Overall call volume is now running at 9.10x the daily average, with 71% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,912 contracts have traded on the session so far. BancorpSouth, Inc. is a...