Stocks slump as Greek debt deal inches along; worst performance of year for Dow

Monday, February 13th, 2012

NEW YORK - Stocks slumped Wednesday in one of their worst showings this year as Greece, slogging through negotiations with other countries over a bailout, once again cast a long shadow over the financial markets. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 97.33 points to close at 12,780.95. It was the ...

Head of N.J. Department of Banking and Insurance to step down

Friday, January 27th, 2012

TRENTON — Tom Considine, commissioner of the state Department of Banking and Insurance, is stepping down effective Feb. 10 to return to the private sector, Gov. Christie said today. The governor also nominated Ken Kobylowski, Considine's chief of staff and acting head of banking division of DOBI. Considine, who ...

Community Bank to issue $50 million in new stock

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Community Bank to issue $50 million in new stock DeWitt, NY -- Community Bank System, Inc. will issue more than 1.8 million shares of stock to pay for its recently announced purchase of 19 HSBC branches across Upstate New York. Community Bank said it will price 1.852 ...

The Square takes a swipe at taming transaction fees

Friday, January 13th, 2012

Urban Bean manager Liz Abene started hunting for a new way to process card payments after the coffee shop's transaction fees skyrocketed. It was costing $60 a month, she said, just to have the credit card equipment on the counter. Her solution: the small, white, cube-shaped card reader called Square. ...

MF Global UK clients back KPMG in vote (Reuters)

Monday, January 9th, 2012

KPMG held a meeting on Monday in London with over 800 MF Global UK clients and creditors at which these firms voted in favour of it continuing to work on unwinding the defunct broker, KPMG said on Tuesday. "Both clients and creditors voted overwhelmingly in favour of our proposals, which ...