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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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VirtualHealth Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VHGI) announced today that it has filed its 8k in relation to the announcement made earlier this week on August 17th regarding the payment received from Private Access of $100,000 for interest and restructuring fees as well as VHGI’s agreement to revise the terms of its $1,500,000 note with Private Access. For complete details of the August 17th release please go to http://www.virtualhealthtechnologies.com/news.html

Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) (”Valley”), the holding company for Valley National Bank, announced today that a common stock cash dividend of $0.19 per share will be paid October 1, 2009 to shareholders of record

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Wilmington Trust is not a lender to Continental Airlines

In a filing with SEC on July 1, 2009, Continental Airlines Inc (CAL) unveiled an agreement with Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) and Wilmington Trust Corporation (WL) for aircraft financing. Continental intended to issue equipment notes to finance 12 Boeing aircraft it already owns and five of the seven Boeing planes that are scheduled for delivery through September.

However, On July 3, 2009, Wilmington Trust clarified that it is not a lender to Continental and has no credit exposure to the airline company. Wilmington is serving solely in corporate trust and agency capacities for Continental’s future issuance of approximately $390 million of equipment notes.

As a result, this transaction has no impact on Wilmington Trust’s financial condition. Wilmington Trust’s role remained restricted to serving as subordination agent, pass-through trustee, and indenture trustee, for which it has received a fee.

Wilmington is a

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

ANSYS Inc(ANSS) Collective Brands Inc(PSS) Emergency Medical Services Corp(EMS) Enbridge Energy Management LLC(EEQ) FLIR Systems Inc(FLIR) Gushan Environmental Energy Ltd(GU) ICON Plc(ICLR) KANA Software Inc(KANA) LMI Aerospace Inc(LMIA) NCR Corp(NCR) Rhodia(RHAYY) Simcere Pharmaceutical Group(SCR) Skilled Healthcare Group Inc(SKH) Steel Dynamics Inc(STLD) Strayer Education Inc(STRA) Team Inc(TISI) Valley National Bancorp(VLY) Wiley John & Sons Inc(JW.A) Williams Pipeline Partners LP(WMZ) Worthington Industries Inc(WOR) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

"ANSS" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"PSS" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"EMS" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"EEQ" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"FLIR" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?"GU" ...

Fannie and Freddie were thrown a government lifeline over the weekend but several regional banks with sizeable equity stakes in the two firms won’t be so lucky. ..

10 regional banks with exposure to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae preferred stock*

- Gateway Financial ( nasdaq: GBTS ) (34%) - Midwest Banc ( nyse: MBHI ) (32%) - Westamerica Bancorporation ( nasdaq: WABC ) (16%) - Farmers Capital (14%) - Sovereign Bancorp ( nyse: SOV ) (13%) - Flushing Financial ( nasdaq: FFIC ) (12%) - Valley National Bancorp ( nyse: VLY ) (10%) - Pulaski Financial ( nasdaq: PULB ) (10%) - Columbia Banking ( nyse: COLB ) (8%) - Astoria Financial ( nyse: AF ) (7%)

*Percentage represents holdings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as a percentage of total tangible capital.

Henneke of Tyche Capital had this to say to CNBC:

The end result

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