International Business News - BBX http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif 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. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/bankatlantic-shares-up-on-bfc-financial-investment.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:52:13 EDT Among the stock activity stories for Monday, Aug. 4, from AP Financial News: PITTSBURGH (AP)--Shares of AK Steel Holding Corp. fell Monday after an analyst downgraded the stock. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/movers-roundup-ak-steel-range-resources.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:52:35 EDT BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. shares fell Monday due to growing anxiety about defaulting loans at the Florida bank, after it reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss last week. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/bankatlantic-falls-as-analysts-lower-forecasts.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:34:27 EDT Regional bank BankAtlantic Bancorp filed suit Monday against well-known banking analyst Richard Bove and his firm, charging both with defamation and negligence for mentioning the company in a list of banks that might fail. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/bankatlantic-sues-analyst-claiming-defamation.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:28:49 EDT The Standard & Poor's SmallCap 600 Index fell sharply on Friday amid a day of market-wide declines, with shares of Tuesday Morning Corp. taking the biggest hit after an analyst downgraded the discount retailer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/s-p-smallcap-600-in-focus-tues-scss.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:41:57 EDT BankAtlantic Bancorp said its board declared a regular quarter dividend of half a penny. The financial services holding company said the dividend is payable July 18 to shareholders of record July 3. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/bankatlantic-bancorp-sets-quarterly-dividend-of-half-a-penny.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:16:34 EDT The Standard & Poor's SmallCap 600 Index climbed Wednesday as oil prices declined and a research group said the service sector grew last month, with Intevac Inc. taking the biggest gains. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/s-p-smallcap-600-in-focus-ivac-bbx.htm Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:47:44 EDT At least 10 regional banks are likely to need to raise new capital or cut their dividends in the coming year, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. research analyst wrote Monday in a client note. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080519/more-regional-banks-likely-to-raise-new-capital.htm Mon, 19 May 2008 14:29:25 EDT The credit crisis has taken a toll on national and investment banks, but is only now starting to rock smaller, regional banks. It is a problem that is likely to stick around for the foreseeable future, leading banks to raise loss reserves and look for new capital. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080423/credit-problems-only-beginning-for-regional-banks.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:24:44 EDT Investment bank Stifel Financial Corp. said Wednesday that the underwriters of its recent public offering exercised their overallotment option in full, buying an additional 285,000 shares of common stock. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080319/stifel-underwriters-exercise-option.htm Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:41:03 EDT Stifel Financial Corp. said Tuesday two shareholders have priced an offering of 1.9 million common shares of Stifel Financial common stock at $40 per share. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080318/stifel-shareholders-price-stock-offering.htm Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:34:15 EDT Investment bank Stifel Financial Corp. said late Tuesday it plans an offering of 2.2 million shares of common stock. Stifel is selling 300,000 shares, while shareholders BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. and The Western and Southern Life Insurance Co. are offering 1.9 million shares. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080305/stifel-financial-plans-stock-offering.htm Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:42:59 EST Shares of regional banks mostly fell Monday after a Morgan Keegan & Co. analyst cut his earnings estimates on a number of banks and warned that the stocks will remain under pressure in the near term. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080225/sector-snap-regional-bank-shares-fall.htm Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:39:59 EST