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Shares of Nara Bancorp Inc. fell 5.5% early Tuesday, but rebounded to close down 1.24% to $8.73 after the Los Angeles company announced a fourth-quarter loss. It was, however, an 85% narrower loss than posted a year earlier.

With dwindling capital and mounting losses, ShoreBank Corp. in Chicago is seeking a bailout from the state of Illinois.

The Federal Reserve said Monday that it has ordered Cornerstone Bancshares Inc. of Overland Park, Kan., to submit plans to strengthen its credit risk management and improve its capital position, earnings and budgeting.

Bank of Hawaii Corp. in Honolulu said Monday that its fourth-quarter earnings rose 3% from a year earlier, to $40.5 million as growth in noninterest income was offset by higher credit costs and a lower margin.

After nearly two years of rapid asset growth, PrivateBancorp Inc. in Chicago is expected to have a much slower 2010 as it gets its financial house in order.

Regulators may be more open to selling failed banks to nontraditional owners — or maybe there are just fewer buyers.

WASHINGTON — Regulators seized five banks in as many states Friday, bringing the 2010 failure total to nine.

Midwest Banc Holdings Inc. has won one round in its battle for recapitalization. The $3.5 billion-asset company in Melrose Park, Ill., announced Friday that it persuaded 82% of its Series A preferred shareholders to convert to common shareholders.

DFCU Financial, Michigan's largest CU, gave its members what it is calling its own economic stimulus earlier this month — a credit union-record $19 million special dividend.

Prosperity Bancshares Inc. in Houston beat analysts' estimates for its fourth-quarter earnings.

Superior Bancorp in Birmingham, Ala., has taken another step in its efforts to improve its capital position.

Following a regulatory exam, Sterling Banks Inc. in Mount Laurel, N.J., said it will restate its results for the second and third quarters of 2009.

The Federal Reserve said Thursday it has taken enforcement action against California's Tamalpais Bancorp in an effort to ensure that it maintains sufficient capital.

WASHINGTON — In an unusual congressional hearing, regulators were essentially put on trial Thursday for having closed a Chicago-based chain of community banks last fall.

Sterling Bancshares Inc. in Houston reported Thursday that it returned to profitability in the fourth quarter, after a sharp loss in the third quarter.

Valley National Bancorp announced Thursday that it is slowing de novo branch expansion in New Jersey and New York as it sees the opportunity to expand through acquisition.

First Niagara Financial Group Inc.'s acquisition of a western Pennsylvania branch network from PNC Financial Services Group Inc. is working out better than it had expected.

Fifth Third Bancorp, KeyCorp and Comerica Inc. may not have closed the book on losses stemming from the financial crisis, but they certainly appear to have begun a new chapter.

Now with a war chest of capital, a clean balance sheet and willing management, Hancock Holding is primed to take advantage of down-cycle opportunities and is actively seeking acquisitions in Florida.

Prosperity Bancshares Inc. in Houston is set to pick up Texas branches that were once owned by FBOP Corp.