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Albertis $12.8B Bid to Lease PA Turnpike Expires With No Deal Graphic_rating_buy FCF
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Albertis $12.8B Bid to Lease PA Turnpike Expires with No Deal

<> Spanish infrastructure company Albertis and NY-based Citi Infrastructure have withdrawn their $12.8B bid to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike for 75 years after state legislators failed to vote on the proposal before an early end to their legislative session to focus on the upcoming election. Earlier in September, the Federal Highway Administration rejected a PA proposal to make I-80 a toll road, resulting in a $450M shortfall in the state's transportation budget when coupled with the failed bid to lease the turnpi...
By  Mike Havrilla   (+1.04%  risk: moderate)  10/01/08 1 comment


The Shakeout in Regional Banks Graphic_rating_buy FCF
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(closed on 10/01/08)

The Shakeout in Regional Banks

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The accompanying table presents the 25 lowest-rated stocks in my US-based Regional Banking Index. The index contains a total of 99 companies with market caps between $500 million to $20 billion which are classified as either regional banks or savings and loan companies. The ratings for each company are calculated quarterly based on a formula which considers the price-to-book ratio, the trailing 52-week stock price performance, and the percentage of total market caps represented by each company.

Since putting together the index...
By  Mike Havrilla   (+1.04%  risk: moderate)  09/30/08 5 comments


Eleven Pennsylvania Banks Thriving During the Shake-Out in Financials Graphic_rating_buy FCF
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Eleven Pennsylvania Banks Thriving During the Shake-Out in Financials

<> Amidst turmoil in the financial sector this week and over the past year, the following is a list of Pennsylvania-based banks and financial services companies with market caps over $100M that have recorded stock price gains over the past year. The 11 companies are listed in descending order by 52-week stock price performance and include the following top performers: Univest – biggest gainer at 38%, First Commonwealth (which I wrote about 15 months ago with a yield over 6%) – biggest dividend yield at< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />...
By  Mike Havrilla   (+1.04%  risk: moderate)  09/12/08 2 comments


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Bullish on FCF ... Graphic_rating_buy FCF
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Analysts' Recommendation: Hold 30 Days Ago: Sell High target 12.00 First Commonwealth Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for First Commonwealth Bank that provides consumer and commercial banking services to individuals, and small and mid-sized businesses in central and western Pennsylvania. It offers personal and business checking accounts, interest-earning checking accounts, savings accounts, health savings accounts, insured money market accounts, time deposits, fixed and variable rate certificates of deposit, club accounts, and individual retirement accou...
By  Marian Filo   (-24.55%  risk: aggressive)  07/12/08 3 comments





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