Archive for August, 2008

MANITOWOC - Kenneth Messman said rising gas and food costs has put a speed bump in his plans to become debt free.

With the popularity of plastic money in the present age, credit cards are gaining immense importance.

A Telford man admitted on Thursday to ringing up $350,000 in credit card debt on credit cards he took out in the names of unsuspecting family members.

North Central Bancshares, Inc. , the holding company for First Federal Savings Bank of Iowa announced today that the Company's Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.01 per share on its common stock to be paid on October 6, 2008 to shareholders of record as of September 15, 2008.

BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. shares soared Friday after majority shareholder BFC Financial Corp. reported increasing its stake in the Florida bank through the purchase of 2 million Class A shares.

BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. shares soared Friday after majority shareholder BFC Financial Corp. reported increasing its stake in the Florida bank through the purchase of 2 million Class A shares.