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		<title><![CDATA[Nowhere to Turn: This Bear's Different]]></title>
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		<title><![CDATA[Umpqua Holdings: Taking My Profits]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asif Suria submits:  Our regional banking pick Umpqua Holdings UMPQ held up really well last week while the Dow dropped 2.79% and the S&P 500 gave up 3.16%. The company got another 8% boost today after the government bailout of mortgage giants Fannie FNM and Freddie FRE and the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Umpqua Holdings Corporation Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator InstructionsYour first question comes from Brett Rabatin &#8211; Midwest Securities Corp. Brett Rabatin &#8211; Midwest Securities Corp. Can you walk through how much of the residential portfolio remains in land and the residential overall? Can you just walk us through this numbers? Mark Wardlow  The...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Umpqua Holdings Corporation Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Brett Rabatin. Brett Rabatin Good morning, Ray. How are you? Raymond Davis Hi, good, Brett. Brett Rabatin Nice to see the NPAs down, I was wondering if you could go through -- you did in the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Umpqua Holdings Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  We&#8217;ll pause for just a moment to compile the Q&A roster.  The first question is from Todd Hagerman with Credit Suisse.   Todd Hagerman &#8211; Credit Suisse   Just a couple of questions, first off maybe Brad and Ray,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Umpqua Holdings Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Matthew Clark with KBW. Matthew Clark - KBW Hi. Good morning guys. Ray Davis Good morning. Matthew Clark - KBW Can you maybe first just talk about the Impairment Reserve of $16.2 million that you guys have taken on the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Umpqua Holdings Corporation to Acquire California-Based North Bay Bancorp]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deal Enhances Umpqua's Presence in Napa and Solano Counties  PORTLAND, Ore. -- Umpqua Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:UMPQ), parent company of Umpqua Bank and Strand, Atkinson, Williams & York Inc., and California-based North Bay Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBAN) signed an agreement today for Umpqua Holdings Corporation to acquire North Bay Bancorp and its...]]></description>
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