Archive for April, 2008

Ocean Shore Holding Co. Reports 1st Quarter Earnings

OCEAN CITY, N.J.—-Ocean Shore Holding Co. today announced net income of $730,000 or $.09 per basic and diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, a 45.7% increase as compared to the first quarter of 2007 net income of $501,000 or $.06 per basic and diluted share. (11 mins ago)

A Nation of Enrons

How can you invest around today’s market meltdown? (20 mins ago)

Bofa To Expand Efforts To Help Countrywide Borrowers

Bank of America Corp. will expand efforts to help Countrywide Financial Corp. borrowers avoid foreclosure on trouble mortgages, a top bank executive said Monday. (24 mins ago)

Harry Potter vs Lord Voldemortgage

All the Horcruxes must be expunged, before the dark lord Voldemortgage has a chance to wreak further havoc (21 mins ago)

Epic Bancorp Announces Record Earnings and Assets

24/04/2008 13:20:00 Business Wire US96766P1066 About Tamalpais Wealth Advisors Tamalpais Wealth Advisors, located in San Rafael, specializes in helping clients of Tamalpais Bank and other high net worth families and institutional clients reach their financial goals through a collaborative, comprehensive and education-oriented approach to investment management. (1 hour ago)

Provident New York Bancorp Reports Second Quarter Results 18% Increase in Quarterly EPS

Provident New York Bancorp , the parent company of Provident Bank today announced second quarter results for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008. (35 mins ago)

C O R R E C T I O N — Pioneer Bankshares, Inc./

Apr-2008 by Pioneer Bankshares, Inc. over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the first paragraph, first sentence, should read “$432,000″ rather than “$423,000″ as originally issued inadvertently. (5 mins ago)

Royal Bank punished for third straight day

PESSIMISM about the state of Royal Bank of Scotland’s investment banking division saw it absorb a third day of hefty share price falls yesterday. (2 mins ago)

Study: Subprime mortgage modification efforts underwhelming

Efforts to help beleaguered borrowers are still falling short as 70 percent of homeowners who are two months behind on their mortgages still aren’t getting aid, a new report released Tuesday found. (7 mins ago)

Fitch Affirms $199.5MM & Downgrades $64.7MM from Own It Series 2005-2

NEW YORK—-Fitch Ratings has taken the following rating actions on one Own It Mortgage Loan Trust mortgage pass-through certificate transaction. Unless stated otherwise, any bonds that were previously placed on Rating Watch Negative are now removed. (3 mins ago)