Banking and Finance

Today, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle announced second quarter 2010 preliminary operating highlights, reporting net income of $8.2 million and $14.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, compared to net losses of $34.3 ...

SLM Corporation , commonly known as Sallie Mae, today announced a 2010 fourth-quarter dividend on its Preferred Stock Series A of $0.87125 per share. The dividend on the Preferred Stock Series A will be paid on Nov. 1, 2010 to shareholders of ...

At a meeting held July 28, 2010, the board of directors of Black Hills Corp. declared a quarterly dividend on the common stock. Common shareholders of record at the close of business on Aug. 18, 2010, will receive $0.36 cents per share, payable on ...

NV Energy has issued a Request for Offers for renewable energy portfolio credits from qualified renewable energy generators. This solicitation requests proposals for the sale of renewable energy credits and all other renewable energy benefits, but ...

On July 29, 2010, the Board of Trustees of Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund declared from net investment income a monthly cash dividend of $0.043 per share of beneficial interest, payable on August 27, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close ...

Cohen & Company Inc. will release its financial results for the second quarter of 2010 on Tuesday, August 3, 2010. The Company will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time that morning to discuss these results.

Cohen & Company Inc. , a leading investment firm specializing in credit-related fixed income investments, today announced a series of strategic transactions designed to enhance the firm's long-term liquidity and operating flexibility as it ...

Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA+' rating to the following Kansas Department of Transportation highway revenue bonds: