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Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) designs, manufactures and sells capital equipment and expendable tools used to assemble semiconductor devices is trading at a price of $11.45, a dramatic change of +0.80 with Change% 7.51 from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a...

Sterling Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBIB) announced today that its common shareholders have voted to approve the merger agreement providing for the merger of Sterling with and into Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA), with Comerica continuing as the surviving entity.   At a special meeting held on...

Sterling Banc (NASDAQ: SBIB) shareholders approve a merger with Comerica (NYSE: CMA).

Detroit residents will soon be able to apply for housing grants and home loan subsidies through a joint partnership of the City of Detroit and Citizens Bank. Citizens Bank is providing $1.625 million for exterior improvement grants in Detroit as part of Mayor Dave Bing's neighborhood stabilization...

Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet Best Buy Is a 'Buy,' Say Einhorn, Credit Suisse Value investor David Einhorn, who runs hedge fund Greenlight Capital, disclosed a position in out-of-favor electronics retailer Best Buy(BBY_) in his latest...

Sterling Bancorp (NYSE: STL) today announced that the company's Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.09 per common share, payable on June 30, 2011 to shareholders of record as of June 15, 2011. This declaration extends the company's history of continuous cash dividends to 262...

PREVIEW: Green Bankshares (NASDAQ: GRNB) to Resume Trading At 10:30 a.m. EST

Green Bankshares (NASDAQ: GRNB) Halted, News Pending

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods is maintaining its Outperform rating and its $4.50 price target on Popular Inc. (NASDAQ: BPOP) following a messy quarter. BPOP closed at $3.16 yesterday.

Keefe Bruyette & Woods has downgraded its rating on Macatawa Bank Corp. (NASDAQ: MCBC) from Market Perform to Underperform and has lowered its price target to $1.50. MCBC closed yesterday at $2.59.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods has raised its price target on First Busey Corp. (NASDAQ: BUSE) from $4.50 to $4.75 following 1Q11 results. Says KBW, in its report, “BUSE reported 1Q11 operating EPS of $0.09. The quarter was characterized by an improvement in credit quality as NPAs continue to trend...

On May 3, 2011, the Board of Directors of Guaranty Bancorp (NASDAQ: GBNK) appointed Paul W. Taylor as the Company's Chief Executive Officer and President, conditioned upon the approval of the Company's regulators. Mr. Taylor will also be appointed CEO and President of the Company's bank...

Wintrust Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: WTFC), announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Great Lakes Advisors, a Chicago-based investment manager with approximately $2.4 billion in assets under management and which specializes in domestic equity and fixed income investment strategies...

According to Wunderlich Securities, Heritage Financial (NASDAQ: HFWA) Buy rating is maintained. Wunderlich said that it maintains its Buy rating on shares of Heritage Financial Corp. (HFWA) and its $18 price target. "One quarter after completing its second FDIC-assisted acquisition, HFWA reported...

Market is weak today, which if you read my trading plan this morning, comes at a bit of a surprise, because I was leaning toward seeing a bounce today - and who knows maybe we will. But for now, the mission of the bulls, has to be to plug the hole in the dam and start moving higher to recover these...