In Brief: Cole Taylor Reports 2Q Earnings Up 50%

Cole Taylor Financial Group Inc. last week reported a 50% jump in second-quarter earnings and outlined how it is spinning off its bank and mortgage companies.

Cole Taylor earned $8.1 million during the quarter ended June 30, up from $5.4 million the year before. For the first six months, it earned $14.9 million, an increase from $10.3 million.

The results include Cole Taylor Bank and CT Mortgage Co., which the company now is reporting as "discontinued operations." The holding company will report only the net assets of the discontinued operations, and the income statement will have a single line of income from them.

Subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals, Cole Taylor will spin off those subsidiaries by early 1997 to investors led by members of the Taylor family. Cole Taylor will continue to run its automobile finance subsidiary and plans to change its name to Reliance Acceptance Group Inc.

The restructuring caused the company to delay its earnings report.

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