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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Yahoo! Finance: VLY News</title><copyright>Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.</copyright><link>http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=vly</link><description>Latest Financial News for VALLEY NATL BANCORP</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:09:02 Etc/GMT</lastBuildDate><image><url>http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gif</url><title>Yahoo! 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Congress moving to raise the US debt ceiling to avoid a federal default was mostly ignored by the equity market.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/227345522</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:02:44 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Valley National repays final $100M of TARP money (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091224/us_valley_national_tarp.html?.v=1</link><description>Valley National Bancorp said Thursday that it repaid the final $100 million it owed the U.S. government under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2853443276</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:09:14 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Valley National Bancorp Repays Remaining TARP Funds To U.S. Treasury (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/091224/ny30451.html?.v=1</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1005182417</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:38:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits (EDGAR Online)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/e/091223/vly8-k.html</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1536240844</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:39:38 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Small and mid-cap banks need not hurry to repay TARP (Reuters)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/091223/business_us_banks_tarp_analysis.html?.v=1</link><description>Small and mid-sized U.S. banks can hold off on repaying funds under the Treasury&apos;s Troubled Assets Relief Program, as they may escape government pressure to raise capital and face less taxpayer scrutiny over compensation practices.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/613171651</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:54:57 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Valley National gets OK to repay government $100M (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091222/us_valley_national_tarp.html?.v=2</link><description>Valley National Bancorp said Tuesday that it received approval from the Treasury Department to repay about $100 million in federal bailout money.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2689467149</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:42:32 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UPDATE - 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