Banking and Finance

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes to the S&P 100, S&P 500, MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices:

For the fifth consecutive year, West Coast Bank is the title sponsor of the West Coast Bank Pro-Am to be held at the Columbia Edgewater Country Club on Monday, August 18, 2008. The event will team LPGA touring professionals and amateur partners in a one-

SonomaWest Holdings, Inc. Sebastopol, CA was notified today by NASDAQ that the ex-dividend date will be August 19, 2008, for the previously announced dividend by the Company of 150,943 shares of MetroPCS Communications, Inc. common stock. The ex-dividend

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation announced today that on the strength of significantly higher commodity prices and increased production, the Company reported its highest second quarter earnings of $54.6 million, or $0.55 per share. After removing certain

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular dividend of three cents per share on the Company's common stock. The dividend will be paid August 22, 2008, to all shareholders of record as of the close of bu

"The recent collapse in the stock prices of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is just one in a series of blows to the stability of U.S. financial markets. The threat created by the failure of these two institutions, however, could be even greater than that

MDwebLive, an innovative medical service where patients can communicate with their doctors, face-to-face in real time, via webcam, has recently partnered with Bayview Center for Mental Health, South Florida's premier mental health provider. Together, the

Axtel, S.A.B. de C.V. , a leading Mexican fixed-line integrated telecommunications company, announced today its unaudited second quarter results ended June 30, 2008.