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QuinStreet IPO reunites Credit Suisse, Frank Quattrone
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 1:45pm CST
This week's initial public offering of QuinStreet Inc. brings together one of the tech bubbles hottest teams, dealmaker Frank Quattrone and his former employer, Credit Suisse. (BRCD) (GOOG) (YHOO) -
Philanthropist, swindler Vilar sentenced to 9 years in prison
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 12:46pm CST
Part-time Colorado resident Alberto Vilar, the money manager and technology investor convicted of stealing some $22 million from clients and using his gains to support charitable causes in Colorado and elsewhere, was sentenced in New York Friday to nine years in federal prison. -
Mechanics Bank posts Q4 profit amid economic recovery
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 9:38pm CST
Mechanics Bank CEO Steve Buster said Friday that his bank posted a profit in the fourth quarter compared to a year-ago loss and that he sees a significant economic recovery underway. -
Mission National Bank posts 2009 record profit
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 8:37pm CST
Mission National Bank generated record earnings in 2009 as it continued focusing on niche markets such as small hotel operators and gas station owners. -
Oakland’s OneCalifornia Bank names CEO
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 7:35pm CST
OneCalifornia Bank said Friday that it brought on board two industry veterans to set the stage for further growth. (MS) (JPM) (BAC) (WABC) (TAMB) -
FIS earnings slumped in 2009 4th qtr.
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 5:35pm CST
Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (NYSE: FIS) slumped into a net loss of $53.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with net income of $28.8 million a year earlier largely due to the acquisition of Metavante Technologies Inc. and a slowdown of banks paying for the company’s services in the recession. (FIS) (BAC) -
Cantwell reveals another WaMu inquiry
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 4:50pm CST
In her first extensive interview about Washington Mutual since right after its closure, Sen. Maria Cantwell revealed there is an additional investigation ongoing into the bank’s seizure by the government in September 2008. -
Greene Holcomb & Fisher’s Phoenix office names Smiggen managing director
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 4:49pm CST
Mike Smiggen has been named a managing director at the Phoenix office of Greene Holcomb & Fisher LLC. -
Seattle Times secures breathing room on debt
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 4:45pm CST
The Seattle Times Co. has restructured millions of dollars of long-term debt, a move that makes it easier for the newspaper company to stretch out its payments as it adjusts to the realities of a hard recession and a rapidly changing media industry. -
Adams calls for business funding
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 4:40pm CST
Portland Mayor Sam Adams wants to establish funds that would fund sustainable development and small business startups. -
Territorial Savings Bank sees profits rise
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 4:26pm CST
The parent company of Territorial Savings Bank saw annual profits increase in 2009 by more than 20 percent over the previous year. -
Biscayne Bank boosts loans with TARP
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 3:57pm CST
Biscayne Bank has increased its total loans by nearly 13 percent since accepting TARP funds from the federal government. -
Quintana buys Genesis Energy for $85M
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 3:30pm CST
Quintana Capital Group has purchased Denbury Resources Inc.’s stake in the general partner of Genesis Energy LP for about $85 million. (GEL) (DNR) -
Sovereign narrows loss on loan improvement
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 3:04pm CST
Sovereign Bank, the third largest retail bank in Massachusetts by deposits, recently disclosed a narrower loss for the fourth quarter after setting aside a smaller amount of money to deal with problem loans. -
Tepid week for local bank stocks
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 2:59pm CST
As stocks have bounced back and forth on topsy-turvey financial news this week, Birmingham banks’ stocks ended the week with tepid performance. (BBVA) (RF) (BBT) -
Alta Alliance Bank gets new CEO, CFO
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 2:32pm CST
Alta Alliance Bank in Oakland named co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Sedrick Tydus its new CEO this month. (WAL) -
Wells Fargo to hire 1,400 brokers this year
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 2:31pm CST
Wells Fargo plans to hire 1,400 brokers this year, according to Reuters. (WFC) (BAC) (MS) (C) -
BancorpSouth records $19.4M 4Q profit
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 2:26pm CST
BancorpSouth Inc., which has operations in the Birmingham market, saw its profits increase in the fourth quarter despite the down economy. (BXS) -
Former Corporate Lodging exec takes new job
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 2:04pm CST
Former Corporate Lodging Consultants CEO George Hansen has taken a position as director with Kansas City private equity firm TGP Capital Partners LLC. -
West Coast Bancorp seeks to raise $10M
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 1:57pm CST
West Coast Bancorp has initiated a plan to raise up to $10 million, and at the same time give common stock holders a bigger ownership stake in the company. (WCBO) -
BofA to pay $1M in settlement with N.C. attorney general
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 1:41pm CST
Bank of America Corp. will pay $1 million to the N.C. Department of Justice as part of a settlement with N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper over BofA’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. (BAC) (BAC) -
Fitch revises Sallie Mae to stable
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 1:39pm CST
Fitch Ratings has revised its ratings outlook on SLM Corp. from “negative” to “stable” and has reaffirmed its long-term debt ratings at one notch above junk status. (SLM) -
Greater Texas Federal Credit Union opens membership to San Antonio residents
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 1:33pm CST
San Antonio residents can become Greater Texas Federal Credit Union members for the first time, officials with the Austin nonprofit announced today with federal approval. -
Turnberry Bank ‘undercapitalized’ after loss
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 1:28pm CST
Turnberry Bank fell into “undercapitalized” status in the fourth quarter after losing $1.3 million, but its executives plan to correct that by raising money. -
CHS wrongly wiggled out of contract, Managed Care Solutions says in lawsuit
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 1:26pm CST
A Florida-based collections agency is suing Community Health Systems Inc. for breach of contract, claiming the hospital giant used the alleged arrest of a third-party employee as an excuse to fire the company. -
Report shows multi-family uptick
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:59pm CST
A new report suggests the multi-family housing market, which survived the recent recession far better than other categories of investment real estate but still took a pounding, surged with new life in the second half of 2009. -
JLL to start international arm in D.C.
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:58pm CST
Jones Lang LaSalle is bringing an executive from Hungary to set up a new international desk in Washington. -
Profits surge at Lake Shore Bancorp
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:25pm CST
Lake Shore Bancorp Inc. reported $2.2 million in net income for the fourth quarter of 2009, up 46.6 percent from a year ago. (LSBK) -
4Q profits down at Lake Shore Bancorp
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:25pm CST
Fourth quarter net income slipped at Lake Shore Bancorp Inc., falling to $800,000 from $871,000 in the comparable period of 2008. (LSBK) -
SLR contracted for new NYPA complex
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 11:59am CST
The New York Power Authority has approved a $16.6 million contract to a Buffalo firm for the construction of a new warehouse and office complex for the Niagara Power Project. -
TGP Investments brings on Hansen to help seek out investing opportunities
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 11:21am CST
TGP Investments LLC has named George Hansen III as a director to help the firm accelerate its investments in regional middle-market companies. -
IRS hands down 12-month suspension to CPA
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 11:04am CST
A certified public accountant has been suspended from practice before the Internal Revenue Service for one year, following charges that he provided “false or misleading information” in connection with his clients’ tax returns, the IRS announced Friday. -
Nationwide Life Insurance to pay Missouri
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 10:43am CST
Two life insurance companies will pay fines to the state of Missouri and could be refunding money to consumers over concerns about unsuitable sales of variable annuities, state regulators said Friday. -
Reliant Bank turned a profit in 2009
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 10:37am CST
Reliant Bank’s net income in 2009 was more than $2.3 million, according to results that paint an improving financial picture. -
DGSE settles debt held by Stanford
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 10:27am CST
DGSE Cos. Inc., a company that wholesales and retails fine jewelry and precious metals, said Friday it has eliminated the company’s entire debt obligation to Stanford International Bank Ltd., which is one of the companies run by Robert Allen Stanford. (DGSE) -
Marriott reinstates cash dividend
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 10:13am CST
Bethesda-based Marriott International Inc., which last paid a cash dividend to shareholders in February 2009, says it is reinstating a cash payment after trimming company debt. (MAR) -
Hammonds, Delta Seaboard in reverse merger
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 10:12am CST
The board of Hammonds Industries Inc. has approved the reverse merger agreement between it and Delta Seaboard Well Service Inc., a subsidiary of American International Industries Inc. (AMIN) -
Tennessee firm buys Legacy at Western Oaks development
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 10:11am CST
Memphis, Tenn.-based Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. purchased southwest Austin's 479-unit Legacy at Western Oaks community for an undisclosed amount. -
U.S. Global ends final quarter of 2009 on profitable note
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 10:00am CST
U.S. Global Investors Inc. concluded the last quarter of 2009 with growth in revenues and earnings. (GROW) -
Sams Carpet Cleaning to add jobs with $575,000 loan
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 9:38am CST
Sams Carpet Cleaning and Repairs in St. Charles has received a $575,000 low-interest loan to help it maintain its 23 employees and hire more. -
Wellington office project faces $18M foreclosure
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 9:23am CST
Mercantil Commercebank has filed a foreclosure lawsuit against the uncompleted Professional Center at Wellington. -
Art Technology Group raises $87.5M
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 8:54am CST
Art Technology Group Inc., a developer of e-commerce technologies, has raised $87.5 million in a stock sale of 25 million shares. The company says the funds could be used for potential acquisitions. -
Fitch upgrades rating on UCF bonds to A-
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 8:03am CST
Fitch Ratings upgraded its rating from A from A- on about $77.6 million of outstanding housing facility revenue bonds for the University of Central Florida that were issued by the Florida Board of Education and Florida Board of Governors. -
Major Koss shareholder sells big part of stake
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 7:57am CST
Royce & Associates, which had been the largest outside shareholder of Koss Corp. stock, reported Thursday that it had reduced its position to 0.99 percent of shares from 10.12 percent. (KOSS) -
Businesses pan most of Obama’s tax proposals
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 6:00am CST
Washington -- President Barack Obama unveiled his fiscal 2011 budget plan on Feb. 1, but it might as well have been Groundhog Day when it came to taxes: Most of the proposals were repeats from a year ago. -
End to SBA loan subsidy sought
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:14am CST
Huge losses in the Small Business Administration’s main loan program have led President Barack Obama to propose phasing out the government subsidy for 7(a) loans beginning in fiscal 2012. -
Colorado Business Hall of Fame inducts 8
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:01am CST
The Colorado Business Hall of Fame inducted eight business notables Thursday night during its annual induction banquet at the Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center. -
McClatchy sells $875M in bonds
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 6:32pm CST
The McClatchy Co. sold $875 million worth of bonds Thursday to help the company pay down bank and bond debt that’s coming due over the next four years. (MNI) -
FIS posts loss on Metavante merger costs
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 5:11pm CST
FIS Inc., which bought Metavante Corp. of Brown Deer in 2009, said its fourth quarter revenue increased 2.7 percent and but the company posted a net loss. (FIS) -
Tamalpais Bank sells wealth unit
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 4:55pm CST
Tamalpais Bancorp said Thursday that its wealth management unit will be absorbed by CSI Captial Management Inc. so the San Rafael bank can focus on its banking business. (TAMB)