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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Yahoo! Finance: Regional - Northeast Banks Industry News</title><link>http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/news/411.html</link><description>The latest news on the Regional - Northeast Banks industry from Yahoo! Finance</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:21:57 Etc/GMT</lastBuildDate><image><url>http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gif</url><title>Yahoo! Finance</title><link>http://finance.yahoo.com</link><width>144</width><height>17</height></image><item><title>Center Bancorp declares 9 cent dividend (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080829/center_bancorp_dividend.html?.v=1</link><description>Center Bancorp Inc. said its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 9 cents. The bank holding company said the dividend is payable Nov. 3 to shareholders of record Oct. 16.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1274165561</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:21:57 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Elmira Savings Bank declares 20 cent dividend (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080829/elmira_savings_bank_dividend.html?.v=1</link><description>Elmira Savings Bank FSB said its board declare a quarterly dividend of 20 cents. The company, which last paid a cash dividend of 22 cents, said the new rate reflects the company&apos;s 10 percent stock dividend issued in the second quarter.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1157281091</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:55:28 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Citizens Holding declares 19 cent dividend (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080829/citizens_holding_dividend.html?.v=1</link><description>Citizens Holding Co. said its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 19 cents. The bank holding company said the dividend is payable Sept. 30 to shareholders of record Sept. 15.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/416583123</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:48:06 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Evans Bancorp increases dividend to 41 cents (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080829/evans_bancorp_dividend.html?.v=1</link><description>Evans Bancorp Inc. said its board increased its semiannual dividend by 4 cents, or 11 percent, to 41 cents. The regional bank said the dividend is payable Oct. 2 to shareholders of record Sept. 10.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1895168901</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:12:47 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>First Keystone Financial picks CFO (at bizjournals.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/bizj/rss/SIG=12igteqcd/*http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2008/08/25/daily31.html?ana=yfcpc</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/947190896</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:25:10 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>[$$] NOTED... (at The Wall Street Journal Online)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/wsj/rss/SIG=11ppljju7/*http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121998313359582581.html?mod=yahoo_hs&amp;ru=yahoo</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/4006006697</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:12:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MBT Financial Corp. Announces Quarterly Dividend (GlobeNewswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/080828/149333.html</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/410232486</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:32:51 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Center Bancorp, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend of $.09 Per Share (GlobeNewswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/080828/149362.html</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1137698400</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:42:43 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>State Street pursues Middle East growth (at bizjournals.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/bizj/rss/SIG=1264tgsp8/*http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2008/08/25/daily44.html?ana=yfcpc</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3496123951</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:55:10 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Elmira Savings Bank Declares Cash Dividend (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080828/nyth071.html?.v=101</link><description>The Board of Directors of The Elmira Savings Bank, FSB has declared a $0.20 per share cash dividend on their common shares outstanding. The cash dividend will be paid on September 26, 2008 to shareholders of record September 12, 2008.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1907805373</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:48:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>KBW maintains &apos;Market Perform&apos; on Independent Bank (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080828/independent_bank_analyst_note.html?.v=1</link><description>Keefe, Bruyette &amp; Woods analyst Damon DelMonte on Thursday reiterated a &quot;Market Perform&quot; rating on Independent Bank Corp., after the bank announced that it had issued $30 million of subordinated debt in a private placement.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3928352994</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:20:23 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>State Street Opens New Office in Doha, Qatar (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080828/20080828005665.html?.v=1</link><description>BOSTON &amp; DOHA, Qatar----State Street Corporation , the world&apos;s leading provider of financial services to institutional investors, today announced that it has expanded its presence in the Middle East and has opened a new office in Doha, Qatar.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1999210231</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>K. Leon Moyer Named CEO of Univest National Bank and Trust Co. (Marketwire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080828/0428922.html</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1083779154</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:55:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Citizens Holding Company Announces Cash Dividend (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080828/20080828005073.html?.v=1</link><description>PHILADELPHIA, Miss.----Citizens Holding Company announced today that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.19 per share payable September 30, 2008, to shareholders of record as of September 15, 2008.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3557166992</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rockland Trust Company Announces $30 Million Subordinated Debt Issuance (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080827/20080827006104.html?.v=1</link><description>ROCKLAND, Mass.----Rockland Trust Company, the wholly-owned bank subsidiary of Independent Bank Corp. , announced today that it had issued $30 million of subordinated debt to USB Capital Resources Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1444603704</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:58:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FNCB Reports Cash Dividend (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080827/20080827005745.html?.v=1</link><description>DUNMORE, Pa.----The Board of Directors of First National Community Bancorp declared a third quarter dividend of 11 cents per share, payable September 17th to shareholders of record on September 8, 2008.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1339430274</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:15:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Evans Bancorp Raises Semi-Annual Dividend 10.8% (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080827/20080827005993.html?.v=1</link><description>ANGOLA, N.Y.----Evans Bancorp, Inc. has announced that its Board of Directors declared on August 22 a semi-annual cash dividend of $0.41 per share on its outstanding common stock, which is an increase of 10.8% from the previous $0.37 rate paid April 1, 2008.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3187179837</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:15:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>First Keystone Financial Announces Hugh Garchinsky Appointed as New Chief Financial Officer (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080827/20080827005591.html?.v=1</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1320783271</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:05:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Westfield Financial, Inc. 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Williams as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank effective December 31, 2008.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/884897833</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:46:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>First Keystone Corporation Announces Third Quarter Dividend (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080827/20080827005543.html?.v=1</link><description>BERWICK, Pa.----First Keystone Corporation , parent company of First Keystone National Bank, declared a $.22 per share quarterly cash dividend to shareholders of record as of September 16, 2008, payable September 30, 2008.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2492983318</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:17:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss><!-- c16.finance.sp1.yahoo.com uncompressed/chunked Fri Aug 29 10:23:29 PDT 2008 -->
