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Beneficial Mutual Bancorp, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Earnings
On 06-08-2007.
Beneficial Mutual Bancorp, Inc. is the mid-tier holding company of Beneficial Bank (the "Bank"). The Bank is one Pennsylvania chartered savings bank originally founded in 1853. The Company completed its initial public minority stock offering and acquisition of FMS Financial Corporation ("FMS") of Burlington, New Jersey on July 13, 2007, after the close of the quarter ended June 30, 2007. Therefore, the ...
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Cooler electrical wire may have sparked fire
On 02-08-2007.
GENEVA - - The fire at Mar-G's Restaurant Sunday night may have been caused by faulty wiring in one cooler and spread by the contents of one nearby wastebasket, the Geneva Fire Department reports.

Firefighters called to scene at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, found smoke showing from the restaurant's roof. The glass windows shattered from the heat as firefighters ran into the burning structure and accessed the top floor ...
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For better or worse, adults learn to say it with emoticons
On 29-07-2007.
By Alex Williams Published: July 29, 2007 E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Text Size

Alexis Feldman, director of Feldman Realty, one commercial real estate company in New York, was working on one major deal when, "at the 23rd hour," she received "an e-mail from the broker saying: &039;Sorry, my client is not interested in the space, too bad we ...
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Citizens Holding Company Reports Earnings
On 25-07-2007.
PHILADELPHIA, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citizens Holding Company (NASDAQ:CIZN) announced today results of operations as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007.
Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2007 decreased to $1.860 million, or $.38 per share-basic and diluted, from $2.111 million, or $.42 per share-basic and diluted for the same quarter in 2006. Net interest income for the second ...
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Pomerantz bullying new U of I leader, regent says
On 21-07-2007.
Iowa City, Ia. - Des Moines businessman Marvin Pomerantz was accused this week of bullying incoming University of Iowa President Sally Mason by calling on her to fire the dean of the College of Public Health over the naming controversy with Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance company. ...
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Canadian Western Trust Assets Under Administration Surpass $4.0 ...
On 18-07-2007.
VANCOUVER, July 17 /CNW/ - Canadian Western Trust Company (CWT) today established one new internal benchmark with assets under administration surpassing $4.0 billion. CWT has one twenty-year business history and has been an integral part of the Canadian Western Bank (CWB) Group of companies since 1996. Assets under administration in CWT have increased tenfold since it joined the CWB Group and more than doubled in the ...
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