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State Bank Corp. (OTCBB:SBAZ) (“Company”), the holding company for Mohave State Bank, has announced net income of $470,000, or $0.08 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, as compared to net income of $327,000, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the same period of 2013. First Quarter 2014 Highlights include: – The […]

Over 800 shareholders heard Barclays’ (LSE:BARC) Chairman, Sir David Walker say exactly that this morning at the banks AGM at Royal Festival Hall today. In fact, what he said was, “”Bonuses up, profits down. Not a headline we would have chosen.” I beg to differ, as I usually do. I would most respectfully submit that […]

Boeing’s share price (NYSE:BA) is up 2% today to 130.10, the highest that it has been since 03 March. Since falling below the 130.00 mark on 29 January, it has broken the barrier only three times before today. Boeing stock closed yesterday at 127.55, opening this morning at 130.75, following a spate of major announcements […]

Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq:ZNGA), a leading social game developer, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. “In Q1 our teams delivered a solid start to the year against our strategic frame of growing and sustaining our franchises, creating new hits and driving efficiencies. We have established a strong base for 2014 […]

The usual, quiet, long Easter weekend has passed and the markets have opened to a roar from the pharmaceutical sector that one would expect to accompany the announcement of a new drug that both cures cancer and encourages erections that last more than four hours. Let’s identify the companies first, then try to sort it […]

US President Obama has done a super job. A super job of alienating just about every nation on the planet, including his own. Since early in his first administration he has apologized to the enemies of the West for past administrations and pandered to those whose plan is, and nearly always has been, to dethrone […]

On Thursday, 17 April, we ran a story about General Mills (NYSE:GIS), the tenth largest food manufacturer in the world. That story gave wide public exposure to the company’s new policy that, by a person indicating he “likes” their products (via social media or coupon usage, for instance), he may not file suit against General Mills […]

$14 billion and 70-million man-hours expended, 778 miles cleaned milestone marks major step toward honoring BP’s commitment to the Gulf The U.S. Coast Guard has ended patrols and operations on the final three shoreline miles in Louisiana, bringing to a close the extensive four-year active cleanup of the Gulf Coast following the Deepwater Horizon accident. […]

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) is one of the world’s ten largest food companies. Fast Company recently said, “Pressure from consumers and shareholders is causing many of the biggest food and beverage companies in the world to improve their social and environmental policies.” On April 2nd, General Mills took a major step toward addressing some of those […]

The $1.2 billion parent company of Luzerne Bank and Jersey Shore State Bank Richard A. Grafmyre, President and CEO of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., (Nasdaq:PWOD) has announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of 10% of the outstanding shares of the Company. The repurchase plan is for a one year period […]