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Friday October 9, 2009

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Danvers Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: DNBK) announced that at a special meeting of its stockholders held on October 9, 2009, Danvers stockholders voted to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between Danvers and Beverly National Corporation (NYSE Amex: BNV), dated as of June 16, 2009, pursuant to which Beverly National Corporation will merge with and into Danvers.

Valley National Bank, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Valley National Bancorp (NYSE: VLY) announced today that DBRS, a globally recognized provider

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Today we are featuring "financial equity" mutual funds, which invest at least 50% of their assets in financial services and related companies.

Investors can find such funds by checking out the Zacks #1 Rank Financial Equity Funds list.2 Solid Picks

FBR Small Cap Financial (FBRSX) invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of small-cap companies with market capitalization of less than $3 billion. The fund focuses on companies that invest in real estate, usually through mortgages or other consumer-related loans.

Since its inception in December 1996, this Zacks #1 Rank fund has been managed by David Ellison of FBR Fund Advisers Inc. Previously, Ellison was a portfolio manager with Fidelity Investments. The fund distributes dividends and capital gains annually. As of January 2009, its portfolio turnover was 147%.

Investors have to make minimum

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Aaron's Inc (AAN) Akzo Nobel NV (AKZOY) ATS Medical Inc (ATSI) Banco Santander SA (STD) Bankinter SA (BKNIY) Boise Inc (BZ) The Cheesecake Factory Inc (CAKE) Coinstar Inc (CSTR) Danvers Bancorp Inc (DNBK) Domino's Pizza Inc (DPZ) Dresser-Rand Group Inc (DRC) First Community Bancshares Inc (FCBC) Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc (FDP) Health Management Associates Inc (HMA) Healthsouth Corp (HLS) Ikanos Communications Inc (IKAN) Inventure Group Inc (SNAK) Kubota Corp (KUB) Middleburg Financial Corp (MBRG) NetEase.com Inc (NTES) Netflix Inc (NFLX) Neutral Tandem Inc (TNDM) Northrim BanCorp Inc (NRIM) P F Chang's China Bistro (PFCB) Pozen Inc (POZN) Ruby Tuesday Inc (RT) Steven Madden Ltd (SHOO) The TJX ...