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Cooperman named Portland treasurer
by Andy Giegerich
21 May 2012 at 7:00pm
The city of Portland has hired a new treasurer.
Jennifer Cooperman brings loads of municipal and corporate experience to the position. She?ll oversee the city?s investment initiatives as serving as a senior financial analyst within Portland?s Office of Management and Finance. She also worked as deputy superintendent and policy director for the New York State Insurance Department. She?s also worked for Goldman Sachs and Cargill Inc.?s Minneapolis office.
She replaces Eric Johansen, who...
MHT's Startup Watch: 5 you should follow (May 21-25)
by Mass High Tech staff
21 May 2012 at 3:49pm
Starting this week, the BBJ Startups & Venture Capital blog is featuring Mass High Tech's weekly Startup Report on five New England startups.
The report highlights the startups and offers guest access to their company profiles in MHT's New England Tech Directory.
Here are the five companies for this week (with links to their profiles on MHT):
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Umpqua Bank expands Bay Area commercial real estate lending
by Mark Calvey
21 May 2012 at 3:34pm
Umpqua Bank hired Bruce Lawrie for the bank's new commercial real estate lending office in Walnut Creek that's catering to developers and investors with construction lending on income properties.
That's a market segment that fell out of favor, to put it mildly, in the dark days of the downturn.
Lawrie's lending group also makes permanent loans of five, seven and 10 years to finance income-producing real estate.
Portland-based Umpqua established the new division in January and expanded its operations...
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan 'comfortable' with bank's position
by Adam O'Daniel
21 May 2012 at 3:32pm
Brian Moynihan isn't worried about a JPMorgan-esque trading loss happening at Bank of America, the Charlotte-based bank CEO told analysts Monday.
Moynihan at an investor conference said he is "very comfortable" with BofA's corporate investment accounts, according to Reuters. Moynihan responded to questions about BofA's hedging positions by saying the bank buys insurance against some large corporate loans, but doesn't make larger hedges similar to the recent JPMorgan position that has lost at least...
California bank health database - first quarter 2012
21 May 2012 at 3:18pm
Here is data on the fiscal health of each bank and savings institution operating in California in the first quarter of 2012.
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Wall Street bounces back Monday
by Patty Tascarella
21 May 2012 at 2:26pm
Wall Street snapped its losing streak Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended trading at 12,504.48, up 135.10 points, or 1.09 percent. Nasdaq rose 68.42 points, or 2.46 percent, to 2,847.21.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (NYSE:AEO) led a sampling of Pittsburgh companies with a 10.49 percent, or $1.93, surge upward to finish at $20.33 per share, 80 cents short of its 52-week high. Early Monday, the company said it was exiting the kids? apparel business.
Here?s how others fared:
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PSM declares 373% revenue hike for FY Q3
by Dennis Domrzalski
21 May 2012 at 2:05pm
Roswell-based PSM Holdings, Inc., a mortgage banking and brokerage company, said Monday its quarterly revenue for the period that ended March 31 had increased by 373 percent over the same period last year.
The firm said revenue for its fiscal year third quarter grew to $3.6 million over the previous year?s quarter. For the first nine months of its fiscal year, revenue increased 189 percent, to $9.2 million.
The firm said in a statement that the revenue increases were a result of five acquisitions...
A nickname for the BMO Harris Bradley Center?
by Rich Kirchen
21 May 2012 at 2:00pm
The Bradley Center has been known in Milwaukee sports circles by the nickname ?The BC? after its initials, but what will sports fans call the new BMO Harris Bradley Center?
The naming-rights announcement is significant for the Bradley Center, the Milwaukee Bucks and naming-rights holder BMO Harris Bank. It is a serious commitment to the community by BMO Harris and is expected to literally give the Bucks a new lease on life at the downtown facility.
But sports venues frequently get nicknames...
Zeller: Newly refinanced LaSalle Plaza is not for sale
by Sam Black
21 May 2012 at 1:47pm
Zeller Realty isn't selling LaSalle Plaza.
The Chicago-based commercial real estate company recently completed a refinancing of LaSalle Plaza with U.S. Bank Commercial Real Estate, a unit of Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp.
Neither Zeller or US Bank would disclose terms of the deal, but sources estimated the loan was worth about $92 million.
The refinancing will enable Zeller to reduce its borrowing costs, reinvest cash-flow in the property and complete the leasing and construction of some remaining...
Washington Federal's surprising strategy for those super-low mortgage rates
by Greg Lamm
21 May 2012 at 1:43pm
The average interest rate for a 30-year home loan in April was 3.91 percent, according to Freddie Mac. That?s just a blip higher than the 3.89 percent rate in February, which was the lowest monthly average in the past 41 years.
Cheap money has been one bright spot for potential homeowners. But not all bankers see the low interest rates as an opportunity.
In an article this week in the Puget Sound Business Journal (subscription required), I wrote about how those low rates are affecting strategies...
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INSIDE ASIA; A Change in the Asian Equation
31 Jan 2012 at 12:00am SINGAPORE -- Central bankers in Asia have yet another reason to hesitate now that the U.S. Federal Reserve looks likely to keep interest rates low for longer. Indonesia, Thailand, Australia and the Philippines have all cut interest rates at least once in the past three months to try to shore up economic growth, and many economists predict that...Read more...
LETTER FROM EUROPE; The Move by Scotland to Go It Alone
17 Jan 2012 at 12:00am LONDON -- You are driving north. The highway skims by major cities -- Birmingham, Manchester -- until a barrier brings progress to a halt. A new international frontier straddles the road. There are passport checks, barbed wire revetments, currency exchange booths, customs controls, a gate reminiscent of Checkpoint Charlie in Cold War Berlin,...Read more...
Afghanistan Widens Effort to Recoup Bank's Assets
4 Jan 2012 at 12:00am KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Afghan Central Bank said Tuesday that the government was stepping up efforts to recoup public money lost more than a year ago in the collapse of Kabul Bank, the nation's largest private financial institution. The development may hearten the Afghan government's international backers, like the United States, by showing that...Read more...
