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KBW Raises EFSC Earnings Estimates
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 10:47am | 92KBW is raising its earnings estimates on Enterprise Financial Services Corp. (NASDAQ: EFSC). “Enterprise recently announced it purchased approximately $130mm of assets related to the failure of Scottsdale, Arizona-based Legacy Bank from the FDIC,” KBW writes. “Although Legacy assets represent only...
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FBR Capital Downgrades Sterling Banc to Mkt Perform (SBIB)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 9:44am | 20FBR Capital downgrades Sterling Banc (NASDAQ: SBIB) from Outperform to Mkt Perform.
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Wednesday - Tale of the Tape
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 9:31am | 343Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Brown Shoe Co (BWS) Cathay General (CATY) Duoyuan Global Water (DGW) DTS Inc (DTSI) Enterprise Finl Services (EFSC) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. BROWN SHOE CO (BWS): Free Stock Analysis Report CATHAY GENL BCP (CATY):...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Wednesday - Tale of the Tape
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 9:14am | 343Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Brown Shoe Co (BWS) Cathay General (CATY) Duoyuan Global Water (DGW) DTS Inc (DTSI) Enterprise Finl Services (EFSC) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. BROWN SHOE CO (BWS): Free Stock Analysis Report CATHAY GENL BCP (CATY):...
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10x return stocks for 2010
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 5:38am | 667Most people think it takes many years for a stock to return 10x for investors. While this is true for true-growth 10x stocks, super-spike 10x stocks and crashed-and-recovered 10x stocks typically take at most a few years to do it. In the extreme cases, it takes only a few months for a stock to...
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Benzinga's After Hours Decliners (SNV, PCX, ACI, STT)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 8:00pm | 109Among the after hours decliners on Tuesday are Synovus Financial (NYSE: SNV), Patriot Coal (NYSE: PCX), Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI), and State Street (NYSE: STT). None of these names are trading significant volume and there does not seem to be any market moving news out that would account for the...
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First BanCorp Soars 14.6% (FBP)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 4:56pm | 142Shares of First BanCorp (NYSE: FBP) are trading up 14.6% at $5.56 per share during the Tuesday afternoon trading session. The day's trading range for shares of First BanCorp has been between $4.86 and $5.59 per share. Trading volume for First BanCorp (FBP) has been heavier than usual, with 530,000...
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Banks: The Final Death of Free Checking?
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 12:51pm | 566By Stephanie Taylor Christensen Some of the biggest banks in the world will remind consumers that every action indeed does have a reaction in 2011. In late July 2010, President Obama signed new bank regulation laws limiting when and how financial institutions can charge customers for services like...
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2011 Bank Failures Start with 2 - Analyst Blog
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 11:01pm | 755U.S. regulators shuttered two more banks in Florida and Arizona last Friday, marking the first two of the expected high number of small bank failures in 2011. These two failures in 2011 so far compare with the total number of bank failures of 157 in 2010, 140 in 2009 and just 25 in 2008. While...
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Hearing Chatter Circulating About Possible Self-Sale (SBIB)
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 4:08pm | 119Houston Business Journal saying that Sterling Bank (NASDAQ: SBIB) might put itself up for sale. http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2011/01/10/sterling-bank-mulls-s... This article may include mentions of rumors, chatter, or unconfirmed information. Readers should beware that while unconfirmed...
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2011 Bank Failures Start with 2 - Analyst Blog
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 3:07pm | 755U.S. regulators shuttered two more banks in Florida and Arizona last Friday, marking the first two of the expected high number of small bank failures in 2011. These two failures in 2011 so far compare with the total number of bank failures of 157 in 2010, 140 in 2009 and just 25 in 2008. While...
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2011 Bank Failures Start with 2 - Analyst Blog
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 2:42pm | 755U.S. regulators shuttered two more banks in Florida and Arizona last Friday, marking the first two of the expected high number of small bank failures in 2011. These two failures in 2011 so far compare with the total number of bank failures of 157 in 2010, 140 in 2009 and just 25 in 2008. While...
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2011 Bank Failures Start with 2 - Analyst Blog
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 2:42pm | 755U.S. regulators shuttered two more banks in Florida and Arizona last Friday, marking the first two of the expected high number of small bank failures in 2011. These two failures in 2011 so far compare with the total number of bank failures of 157 in 2010, 140 in 2009 and just 25 in 2008. While...
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Macatawa Bank Up 7.5% After Hitting 52-Week High (MCBC)
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 2:12pm | 155Shares of Macatawa Bank Corporation (Nasdaq: MCBC) are trading up 7.5% at $5.00 per share during the Monday afternoon trading session. The day's trading range for shares of Macatawa Bank Corporation has been between $4.61 and a 52-week high of $5.10 per share. Analysts covering Macatawa Bank...
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Continuing to Presage Major Positive Research Actions from Goldman Sachs and Other Sell Side Institutions
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 10:14am | 1614Updated on January 25. We have noted on numerous occasions that it is not uncommon for stocks that appear in our model portfolios or our weekly ranking updates to presage major ratings actions by sell side firms. See our “Nostradamus Report” and “Getting in Before Sell Side Institutions Follow” for...