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Jury is out on value of stock buy backs
– thestar.com
Investors know the stock buyback drill. It may not help them in a rising market.Prentice sees stronger year for oil patch, but warns of foreign investment chill
– theglobeandmail.com
Prentice was one of the first to sound the alarm last fall that the Harper government’s decision to hang out a not-welcome sign to state-owned enterprises would be a disaster for foreign investment in Canada’s oilpatch
Regulators shutter small bank in Texas; brings this year’s US bank failures to 24
– canadianbusiness.com
WASHINGTON – Regulators have closed a small bank in Texas, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures to 24 this year.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday it has taken over Texas Community Bank NA, based in The Woodlands, Texas.
The lender, which operated two branches, had about $160.1 million in assets and $142.6 million in deposits as of Sept. 30.
Spirit of Texas Bank SSB, based in College Station, Texas, agreed to assume all of Texas Community Bank’s deposits and to buy $147.9 million of the failed bank’s assets.
The FDIC is retaining the remaining assets for later disposition.
The failure of Texas Community Bank is expected to cost the deposit insurance fund $10.8 million.
The lender is the second FDIC-insured institution to fail in Texas this year. In September, it shuttered First National Bank, based in Edinburg, Texas.
U.S. bank failures have been declining since they peaked in 2010 in the wake of the financial crisis and the Great Recession.
In 2007, only three banks went under…
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday it has taken over Texas Community Bank NA, based in The Woodlands, Texas.
The lender, which operated two branches, had about $160.1 million in assets and $142.6 million in deposits as of Sept. 30.
Spirit of Texas Bank SSB, based in College Station, Texas, agreed to assume all of Texas Community Bank’s deposits and to buy $147.9 million of the failed bank’s assets.
The FDIC is retaining the remaining assets for later disposition.
The failure of Texas Community Bank is expected to cost the deposit insurance fund $10.8 million.
The lender is the second FDIC-insured institution to fail in Texas this year. In September, it shuttered First National Bank, based in Edinburg, Texas.
U.S. bank failures have been declining since they peaked in 2010 in the wake of the financial crisis and the Great Recession.
In 2007, only three banks went under…
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As his career as a physician progresses, how can Brian best use RRSPs and TFSAs to reach his financial goals?
The stock market rally of 2013 has been broad based which may mean it has plenty of room for Wall Street to keep going higher in the new year.
