Provident Bankshares Corp. in Baltimore said Thursday that its fourth-quarter net income fell 41%, to $11.3 million, after a previously announced $5 million charge.
The $6.4 billion-asset company took the hit after selling $183 million of mortgage-backed securities to cushion the effects of the flat yield curve.
Provident said full-year earnings slipped 4%, to $70 million, from 2005.










