Data Date: Second Quarter 2009 Name State Total Assets ($000) 1st Advantage Bank MO $124,705 1st American State Bank of Minnesota MN $20,559 1st Commerce Bank NV $45,075 1st Commonwealth Bank of Virginia VA $25,160 1st Equity Bank Northwest IL $57,542 1st Financial Bank KS $113,825 1st Manatee Bank FL $55,655 1st National Bank OH […]
Dr. Sara Tancredi
Sarah Wayne Callies has quickly established herself as a talent to watch. Callies starred opposite Josh Holloway and Dule Hill in Stewart Hendler’s thriller “Whisper,” a film about a kidnapping in a small New England town. Her television credits include the role of “Officer Jane Porter” on “Tarzan” and a recurring role on “Queens Supreme” […]
Boyfriend bails as foul ball hits girlfriend
Worst date ever: Boyfriend bails as foul ball hits girlfriend Many women would do anything for a boyfriend who likes to dance. But as one woman unfortunately learned on Monday, a man who decides to do the Texas two-step and electric slide away from your side as a foul ball screams toward you into the […]
Premium Chocolate Bars
Some of the most familiar names in chocolate are touting the cacao percentages of new premium bars. Why did they have to go and ruin the fun with math? Here’s a cheat sheet from our taste test, for chocolate-bar lovers. CACAO RESERVE BY HERSHEY’S 35% Premium Milk Chocolate This newcomer is just slightly darker than a […]
HTC HD2 vs. Apple iPhone 3GS
Does the finest Windows Mobile phone ever built outperform the iPhone 3GS? We compare the HTC HD2 vs the Apple iPhone 3GS to find out. Back in 1981, before computers took over the world of financial number crunching, Hewlett-Packard built the 12c calculator. Even today, it’s considered one of the finest financial calculators ever built […]
Valentine’s Gifts for Every Guy
These guy-appropriate gifts are sure to put a smile on his face. For the Clotheshorse: In 2007, roommates Brian Spaly and Andy Dunn began altering their own pants on a girlfriend’s sewing machine in search of better fit. According to company lore, their classmates at Stanford Business School started sending in orders and their clothing […]
Value of the Trump Name
A court battle between billionaire investor Carl Icahn and a group of bondholders allied with Donald Trump over control of three Atlantic City casinos has become something of a referendum on the value of the Trump name. Mr. Trump took the stand Thursday in U.S. bankruptcy court here seeking to salvage an ownership stake in […]
WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS – 2008
New York, 4 September 2008 — Global Finance magazine has released its annual ranking of the World’s Safest Banks, which will be featured in the special October issue alongside several of the magazine’s renowned Best Bank awards. The World’s Safest Banks were selected through a comparison of the long-term credit ratings and total assets of […]