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		<title><![CDATA[Top Bank: FirstMerit Steers Smooth Course Through Industry Storm]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase draws praise these days for having survived the U.S. banking crisis. But the financial giant has nothing on FirstMerit Corp.    Who, you say? The publicly held banking company may be relatively anonymous, but it's well-known to industry analysts, not to mention contented shareholders. FirstMerit, a...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[FirstMerit Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator instructions Our first question comes from Scott Siefers with Sandler O&#8217;Neill. Tom O&#8217;Malley  Hello, Scott. Scott Siefers &#8211; Sandler O&#8217;Neill  Hello? Tom O&#8217;Malley  Hi, Scott. Scott Siefers &#8211; Sandler O&#8217;Neill  Hey! Can you guys hear me now? Tom O&#8217;Malley ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:58:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regional Banks: Sensible Choice For Shifting Financial Landscape]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Smicklas submits: With the financial landscape shifting under recent news, especially the quasi-nationalization of Freddie Mac FRE and Fannie May FNM, I believe that it is time to speculate on selected regional banks for both dividend and total return over the next few quarters and beyond. Notice that I...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[FirstMerit Corporation Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator instructions Our first question is coming from Scott Siefers from Sandler O'Neill. Scott Siefers &#8211; Sandler O'Neill Good afternoon, guys. Let's see, Bill, I guess this question is probably best for you. When you were talking about NPAs being down due in part to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:24:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FirstMerit Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Earnings Call ExcerptFirstMerit FMER  Q4 2007 Earnings Call January 22, 2008 02:00 pm Executives  Tom O&#8217;Malley &#8211; Investor Relations Paul Grieg &#8211; Exec. Chairman, CEO Bill Richgels- Chief Credit Officer Terry Bichel &#8211;CFO Mark Duhamel - Treasurer  Analysts  John Pancari - JP Morgan Erika Panala...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:00:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cashing in on the college crowd; Banks bustling to snag student biz by offering perks, promotions.(Finance)(Huntington Bancshares Inc. partners with Kent State University to rovide loans to college students)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: SHAWN A. TURNER    Natalie Darus was in need of a bank when she arrived this year on  the campus of Kent State University. Huntington Bancshares Inc. made  sure the 18-year-old freshman didn't need to look far to find one.    Over the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Akron, Ohio, Bank Sells Mobile Home Financing to Berkshire Hathaway Division.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Mackinnon, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News    Dec. 2--FirstMerit Corp. has sold its $621 million manufactured  housing  loan portfolio to Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance Inc. in a  move the Akron  bank holding company says will remove a higher-risk,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Short Takes.(Briefs)(2002 financial data for Middlefield Banc Corp., FirstMerit Corp. forms Wealth Relationship Management Services, and new Primerica Financial Services office)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[* ON THE RISE: Middlefield Banc Corp. of Middlefield in Geauga  County reported that net income rose 10.1% in 2002, to $2.5 million from  $2.27 million in 2001. On a per-share basis, the bank earned $2.16 in  2002 compared with $1.96 in the prior year. Middlefield Banc...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ranked by FTE employees    [GRAPHS OMITTED]                                         ...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News    Jun. 2 -- Mortgage banker Don Schwarber gave Bruce Wenmoth his  first job in the industry 22 years ago.    And in February, Wenmoth returned the favor. He hired his former  boss as vice president and manager of Metropolitan...]]></description>
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