| First Citizens buys failed Washington bank Venture from FDIC First Citizens Bancshares acquired the remains of a failed West Coast bank for the second time in three months Friday when the Raleigh-based company reached a deal with Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to assume all of the deposits and most of the assets of Lacey, Wash.-based Venture Bank. feeds.bizjournals.com |
NASDAQ Changes Trading Halt Status of Corus Bankshares, Inc. (GlobeNewswire) NEW YORK -- The NASDAQ Stock Market announced today that the trading halt status in Corus Bankshares, Inc. was changed to "additional information requested" from the company. Trading in the company's stock had been halted today at 7:00:11 a.m. us.rd.yahoo.com |
TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday (TradingMarkets.com) The market ends in bear territory on Wednesday, the final day of the third quarter. Penske Automotive Group has called off plans to buy the Saturn brand from General Motors. us.rd.yahoo.com |
UPS Is One Attractive Package The package delivery and logistics outfit is a buy, but Schnitzer doesn't quite make the cut. forbes.com |
Barclays to defer bonuses (at FT.com) Britain's Barclays Bank is planning to defer up to 100 per cent of the bonuses of top staff to head off criticism of bankers' pay stoked in recent weeks by the announcement of a bonus supertax in the UK and bumper profits on Wall Street. us.rd.yahoo.com |